… United States, like other developed countries, which faces the growing problem of aging adults
with long histories of illegal drug use … situations in relation to illegal drug use at older ages…

… incidence of illicit drug use (ie new users). In this paper, estimates of illicit drug use incidence
… In this paper, new estimates of illicit drug use incidence are presented, using retrospective …

… They measure prevalence and correlates of drug use in the noninstitutionalized civilian
population of the United States. Excluded from the NHSDA sampling frames are persons with no …

… The aim of this study was to characterize pregnant drug users in order to inform intervention
strategies based on sociodemographic, mental health, and substance use characteristics. …

… However, the association between cigarette smoking and illegal drug use has not been …
Drug Abuse to clarify whether cigarette smoking has any effect on the initiation of illegal drug use…

… use and other illegal drug use during the transition to adulthood. To be as conservative as
possible, we test if these associations are robust in response to controls for a wide range of …

… Results: Of the respondents, 51.0% used one of the above drugs at some time in their lives,
… in the 1991 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse, where lifetime prevalence was 45.2…

… Only a few studies have examined illegal drug use and mortality in the general United States
population. Using data from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) study, Eaton et al. (…

… of illicit drug and cigarette use—from occasional to heavy use. … illicit drug users compared to
those not using illicit drugs. We … , among illicit drug users, heavier drug use and polydrug use …

Chapter 13 ILLiCiT DRUG USE Page 1 SUMMARy Estimating mortality directly attributable
to illicit drug use such as overdose death—the most tangible adverse heath effect of illicit …