The
NSDUH Report: Religious Involvement and Substance Use Among
Adults
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Highlights:
- In
2005, about 168 million adults aged 18 or older (78.1%) reported that
religious beliefs are a very important part of their lives, 75.1%
reported that religious beliefs influence how they make decisions
in their lives and 30.8% attended religious services 25 times or more
in the past year.
- Adults
who attended religious services 25 times or more in the past year
were less likely to have used cigarettes, alcohol, or illicit drugs
in the past month than those who attended religious services fewer
than 25 times.
- About
6.1% of the adults who reported that religious beliefs are a very
important part of their lives used illicit drugs in the past month
compared with 14.3% of adults who reported that religious beliefs
are not an very important part of their lives.
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report:
Religious Involvement and Substance Use Among Adults ,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health (NSDUH). The NSDUH is conducted by the Office
of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's survey (NSDUH) is the primary source
of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and
alcohol use and abuse 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
by State. |