NIDA Infofacts:

• Costs to society from drug abuse
• High school and youth trends
• Hospital visits and deaths
• Nationwide trends
• Treatment trends
• Workplace trends
• Additional Infofacts

Publications:

• Drug Abuse Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities
• The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992
• The Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in the US, 1992-1998 [pdf format - ONDCP web site]
• Additional Publications

NIDA NOTES:

• Volume 21, No. 4 - Among Young Attendees at STD Clinics, Substance Abusers Report More Risky Sexual Behavior
• Volume 21, No. 3 - Abstinent Patients Continue to Show Benefits of Treatment
• Volume 21, No. 3 - Uneven Regional Brain Development Contributes to Adolescent Risk-Taking
• Volume 21, No. 2 - GHB Intoxication Reports Decline in California
• Volume 21, No. 1 - Stress Response May Underlie African-Americans' Reduced Pain Tolerance
• Volume 21, No. 1 - High School Seniors Steadily Increase Nonmedical Use of Sedatives Over 15 Years
• Volume 20, No. 6 - Drug Abuse Declines Among Adolescents
• Volume 20, No. 5 - MTF Survey Finds Overall Decline in Teen Substance Abuse
• Volume 20, No. 5 - Abuse Drops When High School Seniors View Marijuana as Dangerous
• Volume 20, No. 4 - Studies Identify Factors Surrounding Rise in Abuse of Prescription Drugs by College Students
• Volume 20, No. 4 - Genetic Predisposition and Depression Both Influence Teen Smoking
• Volume 20, No. 2 - Twin Study Links Marijuana Abuse, Suicide, and Depression
• Volume 20, No. 2 - Trauma-Related Substance Abuse Persists After Mental Health Symptoms Abate
• Volume 19, No. 6 - Depression Elevates Suicide Risk in Substance-Abusing Adolescents
• Volume 19, No. 6 - Teen Drug Abuse Continues Its Three-Year Decline
• Volume 19, No. 4 - Adults With Co-Occurring Depression and Substance Abuse Benefit From Treatment of Depression
• Volume 19, No. 4 - Drug-Related Damage That Begins Before Birth
• Volume 19, No. 4 - 2003 Survey Reveals Increase in Prescription Drug Abuse, Sharp Drop in Abuse of Hallucinogens
• Volume 19, No. 1 - Teens' Drug Use Declines Dramatically, According to MTF Survey Results
• Volume 18, No. 6 - Window on America: Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities
• Volume 18, No. 5 - Early Use of Drugs May Lead to Later Psychiatric Disorders
• Volume 18, No. 4 - Twins Study Links Early Marijuana Use to Increased Risk of Abuse or Dependence
• Volume 18, No. 2 - New Imaging Technology Confirms Earlier PET Scan Evidence: Methamphetamine Abuse Linked To Human Brain Damage
• Volume 18, No. 2 - Gender and Ethnic Patterns in Drug Use Among High School Seniors
• Volume 18, No. 2 - Relationships Matter: Impact of Parental, Peer Factors on Teen, Young Adult Substance Abuse
• Volume 18, No. 1 - Studies Link Stimulant Treatment of ADHD in Childhood to Lower Risk of Later Substance Abuse
• Volume 18, No. 1 - Substance-Abusing Adolescents Show Ethnic and Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorders
• Volume 17, No. 5 - Youths' Opportunities To Experiment Influence Later Use of Illegal Drugs
• Volume 17, No. 5 - Teen Drug Use Declined in 2002, Report Shows
• Volume 17, No. 4 - Depression, PTSD, Substance Abuse Increase in Wake of September 11 Attacks
• Volume 17, No. 4 - Study Sheds Light on Progression to Drug Dependence
• Volume 16, No. 4 - CEWG: 25 Years Tracking Emerging Drug Abuse Problems
• Volume 16, No. 4 - Drug Abuse Data From the Nation’s Communities
• Volume 14, No. 2 - Tracking Trends in Drug Abuse
• Volume 14, No. 1 - Drug Use Among America's Teenagers Shows Slight Downward Trend
• Volume 14, No. 1 - Tracking Trends in Teen Drug Abuse Over the Years
• Volume 13, No. 6 - Methamphetamine Abuse Alert
• Volume 13, No. 4 - Drug Abuse Cost to Society Set at $97.7 Billion, Continuing Steady Increase Since 1975.
• Volume 13, No. 2 - Drug Use Among 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders (1995-1997)
• Volume 13, No. 2 - Current Trends in Drug Use Worldwide
• Volume 13, No. 2 - Increases in Teen Drug Use Appear to Level Off
• Volume 13, No. 2 - International Panel Seeks Better Ways To Apply Drug Abuse Data
• Volume 13, No. 1 - Comparing Methamphetamine and Cocaine
• Volume 12, No. 2 - Marijuana and Tobacco Use Up Again Among 8th and 10th Graders
• Volume 12, No. 2 - Study Takes a Closer Look at "Ecstasy" Use
• Volume 11, No. 5 - Response to Escalating Methamphetamine Abuse Builds on NIDA-Funded Research
• Volume 10, No. 5 - Daughters of Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy are More Likely to Smoke
• Volume 10, No. 2 - Marijuana, Other Drug Use Among Teens Continues to Rise
• Additional NIDA NOTES

Research Monographs:

• Monograph 168: Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge and Issues
• Monograph 167: The Validity Self-Reported Drug Use: Improving the Accuracy of Survey Estimates
• Monograph 164: Behavioral Studies of Drug-Exposed Offspring: Methodological Issues in Human and Animal Research
• Monograph 159: Individual Differences in the Biobehavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse
• Monograph 156: Adolescent Drug Abuse: Clinical Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions
• Monograph 151: Social Networks, Drug Abuse, and HIV Transmission
• Monograph 143: Context of HIV Risk Among Drug Users and Their Sexual Partners
• Monograph 130: Drug Abuse Among Minority Youth: Methodological Issues and Recent Research Advances
• Monograph 128: Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials for Treatment of Opiate Dependence
• Monograph 127: Progress and Issues in Case Management
• Monograph 109: Longitudinal Studies of HIV Infection in Intravenous Drug Users: Methodological Issues in Natural History Research
• Monograph 103: Drugs and Violence: Causes, Correlates, and Consequences
• Monograph 101: Residual Effects of Abused Drugs on Behavior
• Monograph 100: Drugs in the Workplace: Research and Evaluation Data, Volume II
• Monograph 99: Research Findings of Smoking of Abused Substances
• Monograph 98: Collection and Interpretation of Data From Hidden Populations
• Monograph 94: Pharmacology and Toxicology of Amphetamine and Related Designer Drugs
• Monograph 93: AIDS and Intravenous Drug Abuse: Future Directions for Community-Based Prevention Research
• Monograph 92: Testing for Abuse Liability of Drugs in Humans
• Monograph 91: Drugs in the Workplace: Research and Evaluation Data
• Monograph 89: Biological Vulnerability to Drug Abuse
• Monograph 80: Needle Sharing Among Intravenous Drug Abusers: National and International Perspectives
• Monograph 72: Relapse and Recovery in Drug Abuse
• Monograph 66: Genetic and Biological Markers in Drug Abuse and Alcoholism
• Monograph 65: Women and Drugs: A New Era for Research
• Monograph 60: Prenatal Drug Exposure: Kinetics and Dynamics
• Monograph 59: Consequences of Maternal Drug Abuse
• Monograph 57: Self-Report Methods of Estimating Drug Use: Meeting Current Challenges to Validity
• Monograph 45: Contemporary Research in Pain and Analgesia, 1983
• Monograph 39: Young Men and Drugs in Manhattan: A Causal Analysis
• Monograph 35: Demographic Trends and Drug Abuse, 1980-1995
• Monograph 38: Drug Abuse and the American Adolescent
• Monograph 29: Drug Abuse Deaths in Nine Cities: A Survey Report
• Monograph 24: Synthetic Estimates for Small Areas: Statistical Workshop Papers and Discussion
• Monograph 10: The Epidemiology of Drug Abuse: Current Issues
• Monograph 6: Effects of Labeling the "Drug Abuser": An Inquiry
• Monograph 5: Young Men and Drugs - A Nationwide Survey
• Monograph 2: Operational Definitions in Socio-Behavioral Drug Use Research
• Monograph 1: Findings of Drug Abuse Research
• Additional Research Monographs

News Releases:

• 12/21/04 - Teen Drug Use Declines 2003-2004 - But Concerns Remain About Inhalants and Painkillers
• 12/19/03 - Teen Drug Abuse Declines Across Wide Front - Results from 2003 Monitoring the Future Survey
• 12/16/02 - 2002 Monitoring The Future Survey Shows Decrease in Use of Marijuana, Club Drugs, Cigarettes and Tobacco
• 5/1/02 - Study Quantifies Cost-Benefit of Family Interventions Designed to Prevent Adolescent Alcohol Use
• 12/19/01 - 2001 Monitoring The Future Survey Released - Smoking Among Teenagers Decreases Sharply and Increase in Ecstasy Use Slows
• 7/12/01 - Study of Teens in Four Cities Finds Drug Treatment Effective
• 5/9/00 - The Makings of a Public Health Epidemic: Drug Abuse, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C
• 12/18/98 - Drug Use Eases Among Teens for Second Consecutive Year
• Additional News Releases

Other Sources

• Community Epidemiology Work Group - provides ongoing community-level surveillance of drug abuse through analysis of quantitative and qualitative research data.
• Monitoring the Future Survey - This study funded by NIDA is performed by the University of Michigan.
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey - This study is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - [CDC Web Site]
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health - This study is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) [SAMHSA Web Site]
• Additional links

See Also:

Other Recommended Reading

• NIDA InfoFacts: Workplace Trends
• NIDA InfoFacts: Nationwide Trends
• NIDA InfoFacts: Treatment Trends
• Commonly Abused Drugs. Chart showing street names, medical uses, health consequences, etc.

NIDA's Publication Series

• MEDLINEplus Health Information on Substance Abuse - National Library of Medicine, NIH
• Community Epidemiology Work Group - NIDA work group that studies and analyzes research about drug abuse at the community level
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - ongoing study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) - reports on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration