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Beliefs Among Youths About Risks from Illicit Drug Use

The NHSDA Report:  Beliefs Among Youths About Risks from Illicit Drug Use

Highlights:

  • Most youths aged 12 to 17 perceived great risk from using illicit drugs once or twice a week.
  • The percentages of youths who perceived great risk from using marijuana or cocaine once or twice a week decreased between 1994 and 1999.
  • Youths perceiving great risk from using marijuana once or twice a week were less likely to use substances than youths perceiving moderate, slight, or no risk.

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This Short Report,  The NHSDA Report:  Beliefs Among Youths About Risks from Illicit Drug 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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