Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youth Hallucinogen Use

The NHSDA Report:  Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youth Hallucinogen Use

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Highlights:

• Hallucinogens include LSD, PCP, MDMA (Ecstasy), peyote, mescaline, and psilocybin (mushrooms).

• Based on SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, in 2001 almost 1.4 million youth aged 12 to 17 had used hallucinogens at least once in their lifetime.

• Among youth, Blacks were less likely than whites, Asians, or Hispanics to have used any hallucinogen in their lifetime.

• Blacks and Hispanics were more likely than whites and Asians to perceive great risk in trying LSD once or twice.

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This Short Report,  The NHSDA Report:  Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youth Hallucinogen Use, is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, aged 12 and older.   The NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.

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