Trust for America’s Health, 2013 This report reviews prescription drug abuse rates and trends, as well as examines state and national policies and recommendations to combat prescription drug misuse.
Substance Abuse Prevention/Mental Health Promotion
Pathways for Youth Strategic Plan
Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs, 2013 This strategic plan helps encourage federal collaboration to improve health outcomes for youth, especially for those who are most vulnerable.
Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 2013 This toolkit equips communities and local governments with material to develop policies and practices to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. This toolkit addresses issues for first responders,...
National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012 This report and detailed tables present a first look at results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the...
National Academic Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
Centers for Disease Control- National Center for Injury and Violence Control, Division of Violence Prevention This document provides statistics on youth violence and suggests methods of prevention, as well as briefly explains what the Academic Centers of Excellence do...
Monitoring the Future National Results on Drug Use: 2012 Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use
Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, 2012 This survey encompassed about 45,400 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in 395 secondary schools nationwide. The first published results are presented in this report. Recent trends in the use of licit...
Marijuana Fact Sheet
National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors, 2012 This fact sheet provides basic information about marijuana use including: number of users, addictive properties, health effects, economic effects, and prevention, treatment, and recovery methods.
Marijuana Continues to be the Most Commonly Used Illicit Drug Among U.S. Residents; Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs Decreases
Center for Substance Abuse Research at the University of Maryland, 2012 This document concludes that Marijuana continues to be the most widely used illicit drug in the U.S. The document includes data about the number of users of Marijuana vs. other drugs from 2002 to...
Literature Review (2006-2013): Strategies and Interventions for Reducing Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs
SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, 2013 This inventory includes an overview of the relevant literature, descriptions of individual studies, and guidelines for using the document to inform prevention planning.
Literature Review (2006-2012): Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs
SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, 2012 Using a social-ecological framework, this document identifies risk and protective factors related to the nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) based on articles published between 2006 and...