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Substance Use Carries Mental Health Risks—Yes, Even Marijuana
04/13/2018
blog, Nami, SAMHSA
State Estimates of Adolescent Marijuana Use and Perceptions of Risk of Harm From Marijuana Use: 2013 and 2014
05/21/2016
SAMHSA, youth
STATE ESTIMATES OF ADOLESCENT PAST MONTH MARIJUANA USE
04/22/2016


With youth usage and perception of harm having significantly  increased the past 4 it would be better to compare data to 10 years ago not last year.


youth, SAMHSA
STATE ESTIMATES OF ADOLESCENT MARIJUANA USE AND PERCEPTIONS OF RISK OF HARM FROM MARIJUANA USE: 2013 AND 2014
01/02/2016

The top 10 states with the highest adolescent marijuana use rates in 2013-2014 were all states that legalized pot as medicine or as recreation. The lowest adolescent use rates were reported in states where marijuana has not been legalized as medicine or as recreation. How can pro-pots argue that legalization will reduce youth marijuana use? Stats prove otherwise!

--Of the 10 states with the highest rates of past month marijuana use among adolescents, 5 were in the Northeast (Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts), 4 were in the West (Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska), and 1 was in the South (District of Columbia)

 


SAMHSA, youth usage
SAMHSA Reports
09/30/2015

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse and mental disorders in the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population, age 12 and older. The survey generates estimates at the National, state, and substate levels.


Statistical Reports, SAMHSA
Behavioral Health Trends in the United States: Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
09/15/2015
SAMHSA, trends
National Survey on Drug Use and Health Comparison of 2011-2012 and 2012-2013
01/18/2015

Shows that Colorado 12 to 17 age group, 18 to 25, 26+ are significantly higher than US average for past 30 day marijuana use and all showed increased rates between 2011-12 and 2012-13


Survey, SAMHSA, usage
Behavioral Health Trends 2014 Survey
01/01/2015

Marijuana Use
As noted in the illicit drug use section, an estimated 22.2 million Americans aged 12 or older in 2014 were current users of marijuana. This number of past month marijuana users corresponds to 8.4 percent of the population aged 12 or older.  The percentage of people aged 12 or older who were current marijuana users in 2014 was higher than the percentages from 2002 to 2013. This rise in marijuana use among those aged 12 or older may reflect the increase in marijuana use by adults aged 26 or older and, to a lesser extent, increases in marijuana use among young adults aged 18 to 25 compared with the percentages of young adults who reported marijuana use in 2002 to 2009.


SAMHSA, health trends, alcohol, illicit drugs
Co-occurring Disorders
07/16/2014

The coexistence of both a mental health and a substance use disorder is referred to as co-occurring disorders.


mental health, Co-occuring, substance abuse, SAMHSA
Substance Use among 12th Grade Aged Youths by Dropout Status
02/13/2013

This is an important public health issue because, in general, adults who do not graduate from high school tend to have lower paying jobs than those who do and thus are at greater risk for living in poverty, lacking health insurance, and suffering from poor health.


dropout, national, SAMHSA
SAMHSA Methodolgy
10/01/2012
SAMHSA, Methodology
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