The
NSDUH Report - -
Concurrent Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use
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format
(508 compliant version - -also contains the data table that was used
to construct each figure; this data table is not found in printed
or PDF version)
Highlights:
- Because
of possible additive or interactive drug effects, data
from SAMHSA's 2006 and 2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health
were pooled to examine the likelihood of multiple concurrent substance
use. The measure used to define concurrent substance use for this
report was illicit drug use during or within 2 hours of last alcohol
use.
- About
6% (7.1 million) of persons age 12 or older who drank alcohol in the
past month also reported using an illicit drug during or within 2
hours of their last alcohol drink.
- Among
past month alcohol drinkers, American Indian or Alaska Natives (11.7%)
and Blacks (9.9%) were the most likely racial groups and Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific Islanders (4.2%) and Asians (2.1%) were the least
likely racial groups to use an illicit drug concurrently with alcohol.
- Youth
aged 12 to 17 and young adults aged 18 to 25 were more likely than
older persons among the past month alcohol drinkers to drink alcohol
concurrently with an illicit drug.
Reports
on alcohol
Reports
on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
OAS
publications and services
This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report:
Concurrent Illicit Drug and Alcohol Use,
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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