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CITATION:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
• OBTAINING ADDITIONAL COPIES OF PUBLICATION
• ORIGINATING OFFICE: SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies

• HIGHLIGHTS
• Illicit Drug Use
• Alcohol Use
• Cigarette Use
• Perceived Risk and Availability of Drugs

 

• 1. INTRODUCTION
• Summary of NHSDA Methodology
• Revised Methodology and Adjustment of 1979-93 Estimates
• Format of the Report and Explanation of Tables
• Other NHSDA Reports

 

• 2. ANY ILLICIT DRUG USE
• Age
• Race/ethnicity
• Gender
• Region/Urbanicity
• Education
• Employment

 

• 3. MARIJUANA AND HASHISH USE

• 4. COCAINE USE
• Age
• Race/Ethnicity
• Gender
• Region/Urbanicity
• Education
• Employment

 

• 5. OTHER ILLICIT DRUG USE

• 6. ALCOHOL USE
• Age
• Race/ethnicity
• Gender
• Region/Urbanicity
• Education

 

• 7. TOBACCO USE
• Age
• Race/ethnicity
• Gender
• Region/Urbanicity
• Education

 

• 8. TRENDS IN INITIATION OF DRUG USE
• Marijuana
• Heroin
• Cocaine and Crack Cocaine
• Hallucinogens
• Inhalants
• Cigarettes
• Alcohol

 

• 9. WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE

• 10. PERCEIVED RISK OF HARM AND OTHER MEASURES

• 11. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

• APPENDIX 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEY
• I. Sample Design
• II. Data Collection Methodology
• III. Data Processing

 

• APPENDIX 2: LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA
• I. Target Population
• II. Sampling Error and Statistical Significance
• III. Nonsampling Error
• IV. Estimation of Heavy Drug Use
• V.Adjustment of 1979-1993 NHSDA Estimates to Account for the New Survey Methodology Used in the 1994 and 1995 NHSDAS
• Ratio Adjustment
• Model-Based Adjustment

 

• APPENDIX 3: OTHER SOURCES OF DATA
• I. Other National Surveys of Illicit Drug Use
• II. Alcohol and Cigarette Use Surveys
• III. Surveys of Populations Not Covered by the NHSDA

 

• APPENDIX 4: REFERENCES

• APPENDIX 5: DETAILED TABLES

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