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Substance Use Among Persons in Families Receiving Government Assistance

The NHSDA Report: Substance Use Among Persons in Families Receiving Government Assistance

Highlights:

  • An estimated 27 million persons aged 12 to 64 lived in families that received government assistance in the year prior to the interview. 
  • Government assistance included food stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), cash assistance (TANF: Temporary Assistance for Need Families), Medicaid, and non-cash assistance such as housing, child care, job training, job placement, and transportation. 
  • Prevalence of past month heavy alcohol use was lower in assisted families than in unassisted families among persons aged 18 to 25, but higher among persons aged 35 to 49.
  • Past month illicit drug use was higher in assisted families than in unassisted families among persons aged 12 to 64.

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This Short Report,  The NHSDA Report:  Substance Use Among Persons in Families Receiving Government Assistance,  is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), now called the  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The survey is 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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