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National Survey on Drug Use and Health &
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
Trends in Analgesics Use (1985 - 2008)

Trends by Drug Type Trends by Pharmaceutical Type Trends by Relative Popularity


Trends in Nonmedical Use of Analgesics by Percent of Population (1985 - 2008) Return to Trends in Nonmedical Use of Analgesics Trends in Lifetime Nonmedical Use of Psychotherapeutics (1985 - 2008) Trends in Past Year Nonmedical Use of Psychotherapeutics (1985 - 2008) Trends in Past Month Nonmedical Use of Psychotherapeutics (1985 - 2008) Trends in Nonmedical Use of Analgesics by Percent of Population (1985 - 2008) Return to Trends in Nonmedical Use of Analgesics Trends in Lifetime Nonmedical Use of Psychotherapeutics (1985 - 2008) Trends in Past Year Nonmedical Use of Psychotherapeutics (1985 - 2008) Trends in Past Month Nonmedical Use of Psychotherapeutics (1985 - 2008)

Sources: National Survey on Drug Use and Health & National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Multiple Years

Trends in Nonmedical Use of Analgesics Among Those 12 and Older -- by Percent of Population (1985 - 2008)
Year Ever Used Past Year Past Month
1985 7.6 3.6 1.4
1988 5.8 2.7 0.7
1991 6.8 2.5 0.8
1992 6.1 2.4 0.9
1993 6.4 2.2 0.8
1994 6.0 2.0 0.7
1995 6.1 1.9 0.6
1996 5.5 2.1 0.9
1997 4.9 1.9 0.7
1998 5.3 1.9 0.8
1999 9.0 3.0 1.2
2000 8.6 2.9 1.2
2001 9.8 3.7 1.6
2002 12.6 4.7 1.9
2003 13.1 4.9 2.0
2004 13.2 4.7 1.8
2005 13.4 4.9 1.9
2006 13.6 5.1 2.1
2007 13.3 5.0 2.1
2008 14.0 4.8 1.9


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