The
NSDUH Report: Stimulant Use: 2003
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Highlights:
- Respondents
to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health were asked first
about their nonmedical use of three specific classes of stimulants:
(1) methamphetamine, Desoxyn®, or Methedrine; (2) Prescription diet
pills, such as amphetamines, Benzedrine®, Biphetamine®, Fastin®,
or Phentermine®; and (3) Ritalin® or methylphenidate. Then they
were asked whether they had used any stimulant from a list: Cylert®,
Dexedrine®, Dextroamphetamine, Didrex®, Eskatrol®, Ionamin®,
Mazanor®, Obedrin-LA®, Plegine®, Preludin®, Sanorex®,
and Tenuate®. If they indicated they had used any of these drugs,
they were asked which one(s). Respondents were also asked to name any
other prescription stimulants they had used nonmedically. Methamphetamine
as recorded by NSDUH includes both prescription preparations (i.e. Desoxyn®
and Methedrine) and nonprescription/illicit methamphetamine.
- In
2003, 20.8 million Americans aged 12 or older (8.8% of that population)
had used prescription-type stimulants nonmedically at least once in
their lifetime. An estimated 378,000 persons in the United States met
the diagnostic criteria for dependence on or abuse of stimulants in
the past year.
- Lifetime
use of methamphetamines was reported by 12.3 million (5.2% of the population),
prescription diet pills by 8.7 million (3.6%), Ritalin® or methylphenidate
by 4.2 million (1.8%), and Dexedrine® by 2.6 million (1.1%).
- Use
of a stimulant in their lifetime varied by race/ethnicity. Whites (10.7%),
Native Americans/ Alaska Natives (10.2%), and Native Hawaiians/ Pacific
islanders (8.3%) had the highest rates of any stimulant use in their
lifetime and Hispanics (5%), Asians (2.8%), and Blacks (2.7%) had the
lowest rates.
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This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Stimulant Use: 2003,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates
for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.
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