The Data Note Series is edited by Bridget Grant of the US National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism Abstract Epidemiological descriptions of drug abuse in the US in the …

Data from several national studies lead to divergent conclusions regarding trends in illicit
drug use in the United States. Two major population studies point to a downturn in drug use …

THE TASK of describing the scope of illicit drug use, abuse, and addiction in the United
States has been and still is difficult. Most of the data needed for estimates simply do not …

The National Survey on Drug Abuse provides data on current trends and current prevalence,
as well as patterns and correlates of drug use for a broad spectrum of substances. The …

Results revealed that marijuana continues to be the most widespread and frequently used
illicit drug in the country today. Early marijuana use predicts later involvement with the drug …

Substance abuse trends in Texas Page 274 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRENDS IN TEXAS Jane C.
Maxwell, Ph. D. Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Austin, Texas Crack cocaine …

Highlights from the survey include: the relationship between race/ethnicity and drug use
showed considerable variation based on the type of drug and the level of use; the level of …

The four major sources of data on the prevalence of use of illicit drugs-the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse, the High School Senior Survey (Monitoring the Future) …

The 1985 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse was the eighth in a series of studies
whose primary purpose was to measure the prevalence and correlates of drug use in the …

This review of the epidemiology of drug use and drug dependence/abuse describes the
overall current pattern of use of mood-changing legal and illegal drugs based on the most …