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Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which shows how people living in United States reported their experience with mental health conditions, substance use and pursuit of treatment.
About the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Conducted by the federal government since 1971, the NSDUH is a primary source of statistical information on substance use and mental health of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population 12 or older. The NSDUH measures: Use of illegal drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco,
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), released the results of the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report shows how people living in United States reported about their experience with mental health, substance use, and ...
Explore drug overdose epidemic data from the CDC. Explore CDC Datasets. CDC’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS™) is an interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of data sources.
As a part of this work, SAMHSA, in collaboration with the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), held a 2-day virtual learning community with all 50 states in January 2023 to learn about naloxone saturation models and hear from their peers about innovative naloxone distribution efforts.
Drug and drug category involvement are identified by specific multiple cause-of-death codes (heroin: T40.1, prescription opioids: T40.2 and T40.3, synthetic opioids excluding methadone (primarily fentanyl): T40.4, cocaine: T40.5, and psychostimulants with abuse potential (primarily methamphetamine): T43.6.
Alcohol and drug misuse and related disorders are major public health challenges that are taking an enormous toll on our society. Recently more than 27 million people in the United States reported that they are using illicit drugs or misusing prescription drugs, and nearly a quarter of adults and adolescents reported binge drinking in the past ...
Drug Classes With a High Potential for Drug Diversion and Abuse. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have . identified the following classes of prescription drugs to have a high potential for diversion and abuse: • Anabolic steroids; • Central nervous system depressants ...
Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System, Naloxone Overdose Prevention Laws, 2017. Available at www.pdaps.org. Dowell D, Haegerich TM, Chou R. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016.
Individuals inherently deserve services that promote health, regardless of whether they use drugs. Evidence-based harm reduction strategies minimize negative consequences of drug use. These activities further expand access to harm reduction interventions and better integrate harm reduction into general medical care.