Government definitions for charts, notes 1 and 2
1 "Illicit Drugs" include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically.
2 Nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutics includes the nonmedical use of pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives and does not include over-the-counter drugs. (methamphetamine is included under stimulants
[A] Substance Dependence Or Abuse
- Figure 7-1- Substance Dependence or Abuse in the Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2002-2009
- Table G.30 - Substance Dependence or Abuse for Specific Substances in the Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Percentages, 2002-2005
- Table G.29 - Substance Dependence or Abuse in the Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Drug Abuse by Age, Race and Gender
[B] Substance Use
- Table G.6 - Types of Illicit Drug Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Percentages, 2002-2009
- Table G.4 - Types of Illicit Drug Use in the Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Percentages, 2002-2009
- Table G.1 - Types of Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Numbers in Thousands, 2002-2009
- Table G.8 - Types of Illicit Drug Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 18 to 25: Percentages, 2002-2009
- Figure 2-6 - Past Month Use of Selected Illicit Drugs among Young Adults Aged 18 to 25: 2002-2006
- Table G.10 - Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month, by Detailed Age Category: Percentages, 2008 and 2009
- Table 1.27B - Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana (NSDUH) 2003
- Table G.20 – Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month, by Detailed Age Category: Percentages, 2005 and 2006 (heavy use peak at 21 ... jump from 17 to 18)
- Table G.21 - Alcohol Use, Binge Alcohol Use, and Heavy Alcohol Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2005 and 2006
- Table G.13 - Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Percentages, 2005 and 2006
Drug Use by Age - Detailed
Drug Use by Race and Gender
[C] Compare alcohol with other drugs
- X.2 - Compare Addictive Properties 6 Common Drugs, NIDA
- X.5 - Addiction: What Drug - What Race - What Age
- X.3 - Lancet panel ranks drugs by danger
- X.4 - French National Institute of Health ranks drugs
Addiction
Danger
[D] Other topics
- X.1 - FAS: "How Prevalent Are 'Very Light' Drug Users?"
- X.6 - Figure 30. Marijuana-related emergency department mentions, estimated number, 1994-2002
Use Of Prohibited Drugs Is Mostly Experimental
(Experiment seldom leads to heavy use.)
[E] Financial costs