NIDA's Featured Publications

	NIDA InfoFacts on Trends & Statistics (for a general audience): High school and youth trends. Overview of trends in drug use among teenagers. (Fact sheet). En Español Hospital visits and deaths. Summarizes data on drug abuse related hospital emergency departments. (Fact sheet). En Español Nationwide trends. Shows trends in drug abuse for 21 major U.S. metropolitan areas. (Fact sheet). En Español
	Monitoring the Future Survey. Results from a yearly survey of teenagers conducted by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research and funded by NIDA. (Survey results, updated each autumn.)
	Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities. Detailed statistics on drug use by members of ethnic and racial minority groups in the U.S. (Report, PDF format).

Other NIDA Resources on Trends & Statistics

• Drug Abuse Data. Provides current descriptive and analytical information regarding the nature and patterns of drug abuse, emerging trends, characteristics of vulnerable populations and social and health consequences.
• The Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in the US, 1992-1998. Detailed description by the Office of National Drug Control Policy of the societal costs of drug abuse. (Report, PDF format).
• NIDA InfoFacts: Treatment trends. Very brief summary of trends in drug treatment. For a general audience. (Fact sheet).
• NIDA InfoFacts: Workplace trends. Referral for information on workplace drug stats and creating prevention and treatment programs for employees. (Fact sheet).
• NIDA InfoFacts: Costs to society from drug abuse. Very brief summary of the financial toll of drug abuse. For a general audience. (Fact sheet).

See Also:

Other Recommended Reading

• NIDA InfoFacts: Workplace Trends
• NIDA InfoFacts: Nationwide Trends
• NIDA InfoFacts: Treatment Trends
• Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
• Commonly Abused Drugs Chart showing street names, medical uses, health consequences, etc.

NIDA's Publication Series

• Research Reports
• InfoFacts (fact sheets)
• NIDA Notes (newsletter)
• Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (journal for researchers & health care providers)
• Mind Over Matter: Drug info for grades 5-9
• Topics in Brief

Other Web Sites

• MEDLINEplus Health Information on Substance Abuse - National Library of Medicine, NIH
• Community Epidemiology Work Group - NIDA work group that studies and analyzes research about drug abuse at the community level
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - ongoing study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) - reports on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration