Recovery Month Press Room
National Survey on Drug Abuse Released at Recovery Month Press Conference on September 5, 2003
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH), formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Use, provides the prevalence of substance use in the U.S. The 2002 NSDUH estimates that among the general population age 12 and older: 120 million Americans were current alcohol users, 75.1 million Americans were current tobacco users, and 19.5 million Americans were current illicit drug users. An estimated 22 million Americans were classified with abuse or dependence on either alcohol, illicit drugs or both.
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