Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to 2007

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Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to 2007
The NSDUH Report - - Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to 2007
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SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) defines inhalants as "liquids, sprays, and gases that people sniff or inhale to get high or to make them feel good." In 2007, almost one million youth used inhalants in the past year.
The percentage of youths aged 12 to 17 who used inhalants in the past year was lower in 2007 (3.9%) than in 2003 (4.5%), 2004 (4.6%), and 2005 (4.5%).
Among youth who used inhalants for the first time in the past year, the rate of the use of nitrous oxide or "whippets" declined between 2002 and 2007 among both males (40.2% to 20.2%) and females (22.3% to 12.2%).
In 2007, 17.2% of youth who initiated illicit drug use during the past year indicated that inhalants were the first drug that they used; this rate remained relatively stable between 2002 and 2007.
Past year dependence on or abuse of inhalants remained relatively stable between 2002 and 2007 with around 99,000 youth meeting the criteria for dependence or abuse in 2007.
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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report - - Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to 2007, is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health 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 and for selected mental health measures 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 and for selected mental health measures by State.

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