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Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006

The NSDUH Report: Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006

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Highlights:

  • Hallucinogens include lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), phencyclidine (PCP), Ecstasy (MDMA), Salvia divinorum, ketamine, peyote, mescaline, and psilocybin (mushrooms). Specific questions on the following hallucinogens were first collected in SAMHSA's 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: ketamine, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT), 5-methoxy-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT or "Foxy"), and Salvia divinorum.
  • Based on SAMHSA's 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health of persons aged 12 or older, 23 million had used LSD, 6.6 million used PCP, 2.3 used ketamine, 1.8 million used Salvia divinorum and 0.7 million had used DMT, AMT, or Foxy at least once in their lifetime.
  • Among youth aged 12 to 17, females were more likely than males to have used Ecstasy in the past year (1.4% vs. 1.0%).
  • Among youth aged 12 to 17, males were more likely than females to have used Salvia divinorum in the past year (0.9% vs. 0.3%)
  • In 2006, young adults aged 18 to 25 were more likely than youths aged 12 to 17 or adults aged 26 or older to be past year users of LSD, Ecstasy, and Salvia divinorum.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report: Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006, 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 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 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.

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