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| National Survey of Drug Use and Health |
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| NSDUH: For Population 12+ |
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Males higher than females, all ages, all drugs (except teenagers and cigarettes) Peak Period of use is 18-25, followed by 12-17, lowest is 26+ Unemployed are highest, part time, full time.
Indian-White-Blacks-Hispanics (vary), Asians (few exceptions) |
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Term
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Definition
Marijuana: Indians, Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians
Cocaine: Indians, Hispanics, Whites, Asians, Blacks
Hallucinogens: *Indians*, Whites, Hispanics, Blacks, Asians
Cocaine: Unemployed, Full-Time, Part-time |
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| MTF (Monitoring the Future) (any illicit drug) |
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Definition
| Any illicit drug: Peak in 1979 (seniors only) - 2000s trend is down, then up a bit. |
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| MTF (Illicit drugs other than marijuana) |
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| Peak in 1981-2000s when trend goes down |
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Definition
| Drug use increases with grade (age) from 8th to 12th, except for INHALANTS and HEROIN |
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| For trends over time, NSDUH data very similar to MTF data, except generally higher rates- perhaps because NSDUH captures dropouts. |
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