Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
DAWN provides information about drug use that leads to the use of hospital emergency departments (EDs). Included in the data are such things as the specific drug(s) mentioned, reason for the ED visit, what motivated the use of the drug, and demographic break outs by age, ethnicity, and gender. Actually, it's all federal data, but here is where you will find crime statistics, drug seizures, drug eradications, the federal drug budget, etc The MTF tracks drug use by 8th, 10th and 12th grade students, college students and adults aged 19 to 28. It provides data on lifetime, past year and past month use of a variety of substances. For high school seniors the data go back to 1975, for college students to 1980, for "young adults" to 1986, and for 8th and 10th graders to 1991. National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) The NSDUH is conducted annually to track trends in the use of a variety of substances among the general population aged 12 or older. The survey was formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). Trends in lifetime, past year and past month use are tracked, as are longitudinal data on the initiation of drug use. Treatment Episode Data Sets (TEDS) The TEDS data is used to track information concerning individuals in drug rehab programs. The available data include primary drug, referral source, age, ethnicity and gender. Complete data for the age 12 to 17 demographic is also available. |
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