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National Institute on Drug Abuse. NIDA InfoFacts: Heroin http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/heroin.html

The Drug Abuse Warning Network is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS. The survey provides information about emergency department visits that are induced by or related to the use of an illicit drug or the nonmedical use of a legal drug. www.samhsa.gov

** The 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted annually by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study. www.drugabuse.gov.

*** "Lifetime" refers to use at least once during a respondent's lifetime. "Annual" refers to use at least once during the year preceding an individual's response to the survey. "30-day" refers to use at least once during the 30 days preceding an individual’s response to the survey

**** CEWG is a NIDA-sponsored network of researchers from 21 major U.S. metropolitan areas and selected foreign countries who meet semiannually to discuss the current epidemiology of drug abuse. CEWG’s most recent reports are available at www.drugabuse.gov/about/organization/cewg/pubs.html

***** NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Copies of the latest survey are available at www.samhsa.gov and from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.

Methamphetamine Information References

National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Notes: Methamphetamine http://www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/methamph/methamph.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse: NIDA InfoFacts: Methamphetamine http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/methamphetamine.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) InfoFacts: Crack and Cocaine http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/cocaine.html Revised 2006

NIDA Research Report - Cocaine Abuse and Addiction: NIH Publication No. 99-4342, Printed May 1999, Revised November 2004. 

Note: "Lifetime" refers to use at least once during a respondent's lifetime. "Annual" refers to use at least once during the year preceding an individual's response to the survey. "30-day" refers to use at least once during the 30 days preceding an individual’s response to the survey.

The 2005 Monitoring the Future survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted annually by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders' illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study. www.drugabuse.gov.

CEWG is a NIDA-sponsored network of researchers from 21 major U.S. metropolitan areas and selected foreign countries who meet semiannually to discuss the current epidemiology of drug abuse. CEWG’s most recent reports are available at http://www.drugabuse.gov/about/organization/cewg/pubs.html.

NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Copies of the latest survey are available at www.samhsa.gov and from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.

Marijuana Information References

National Institute on Drug Abuse - Marijuana. http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/Marijuana.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse – Info Facts http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse – Research Report-Marijuana Abuse  http://www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/Marijuana/default.html

Drug Abuse Warning Network, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS. The survey provides information about emergency department visits that are induced by or related to the use of an illicit drug or the nonmedical use of a legal drug. www.samhsa.gov.

2005 Monitoring the Future Survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted annually by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study. www.drugabuse.gov.

Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) 2003: Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions by Primary Substance of Abuse, According to Sex, Age Group, Race, and Ethnicity, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS. The latest information is available online at www.samhsa.gov.

National Institute on Drug Abuse - NIDA InfoFacts: Prescription Drugs and Pain Medications www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/prescription.html.

National Institute on Drug Abuse - NIDA Research Report: Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction. www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/Prescription/Prescription.html

* The 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study. The latest data are online at www.drugabuse.gov.

** “Lifetime” refers to use at least once during a respondent’s lifetime. “Annual” refers to use at least once during the year preceding an individual’s response to the survey. “30-day” refers to use at least once during the 30 days preceding an individual’s response to the survey.

*** NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Copies of the latest survey are available at www.samhsa.gov and from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 800-729-6686.

**** The Drug Abuse Warning Network is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS. The survey provides information about emergency department visits that are induced by or related to the use of an illicit drug or the nonmedical use of a legal drug. The latest data are available at 800-729-6686 or online at www.samhsa.gov.

Hallucinogens Information References

The 2005 Monitoring the Future survey is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted annually by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study. www.drugabuse.gov.

NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Copies of the latest survey are available at www.samhsa.gov and from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.

National Institute on Drug Abuse - Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs Research Report - National Institute on Drug Abuse  http://www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/hallucinogens/
hallucinogens.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse InfoFacts on High School and Youth Trends  www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/HSYouthtrends.html

Inhalants Information References

Drug Abuse Warning Network is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS. The survey provides information about emergency department visits that are induced by or related to the use of an illicit drug or the nonmedical use of a legal drug. www.samhsa.gov.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. NIDA InfoFacts, Inhalants, 2005. http://www.drugabuse.gov

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Research Report: Inhalant 2005 http://www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/Inhalants/Inhalants.html

National Institute on Drug Abuse. National Survey Results on Drug Use From the Monitoring the Future Study, 2005 (www.monitoringthefuture.org). The 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted annually by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study. www.drugabuse.gov.

NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Copies of the latest survey are available at www.samhsa.gov and from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.