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Illicit Drug Use in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas

The NHSDA Report:  Illicit Drug Use in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas

Highlights:

  • In 2000, individuals who lived in metropolitan area were more likely than those in non-metropolitan areas to have used an illicit drug during the past year.
  • Person in non-metropolitan areas were more likely than those in metropolitan areas to report that marijuana was fairly or very easy to obtain.
  • Rates of past year use of marijuana, hallucinogens, cocaine, or  any psychotherapeutic drug used nonmedically were higher in metropolitan than in non-metropolitan areas.
  • Rates of past year inhalant or heroin use were similar among persons in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas.

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This Short Report, The NHSDA Report:  Illicit Drug Use in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas,  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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