The
NSDUH Report: Substance Use Among Youths Who Had Run Away From
Home
Highlights
- Based
on SAMHSA's 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, approximately
1.6 million youth (7%) aged 12 to 17 had run away from home and slept
on the street in the past 12 months.
- Among
youths aged 12 or 13, 6% had run away and among those aged 16 or 17,
10% had run away from home in the past 12 months. Youths who had run
away from home in the past 12 months were more likely to have used alcohol,
marijuana, or an illicit drug other than marijuana in the past year
than youths who had not run away.
- Alcohol
was used in the past year by 50% of the runaway youths aged 12 to 17
and 33% of those who had not run away from home.
- Marijuana
was used in the past year by 23% of the runaways aged 12 to 18 and 12%
of those who had not run away from home.
Reports
on Youth
Reports on Alcohol
Reports
on Other Drugs
Other
Topics
This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Substance Use Among Youths Who Had Run Away From
Home, 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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