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Statistics about Psychoactives and the Drug War
 
GENERAL INFORMATION #
Basic Psychoactive Drug Use Statistics
How Do They Measure Up: Examining Drug Use Surveys and Statistics - Part I: The Sources
How Do They Measure Up: Examining Drug Use Surveys and Statistics - Part II: The Problems
Erowid Visitors on LSD: The Results of...
Miscellaneous Drug Use Statistics
Estimates of Psilocybin Mushroom Use Prevalence
Debunking the Gateway Theory
United Nations 2006 World Drug Report


An estimated 14.8 million Americans
were current users of illicit drugs in 1999
[a prevalence rate of 6.7 percent for the
population 12 and older]
 - - 1999 National Household Survey
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Dressing up Failure, Sep 10 2004 - Bruce Mirkin
CDC Says Over 40 Percent of U.S. Uses Pharmaceutical Drugs, Dec 2004
DRUG WAR STATISTICS #
The Costs of Drug Use, An Analysis
Charts & Graphs of Drug War Statistics
Basic Facts about the War on Drugs
Drug War Tables & Charts
Drug War Facts


An estimated 66.8 million Americans
reported current use of a tobacco product
in 1999, a prevalence rate of 30.2 percent
for the population 12 and older.
 - - 1999 National Household Survey

GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SITES #
Toward a Global View of Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use: WHO, Jul 2008

National Survey on Drug Use & Health
  • 2006 Results
  • 2005 Results
  • 2004 Results
  • 2003 Results
  • 2002 Results
  • 2001 Results
  • 2000 Results
  • 1999 Results
  • 1998 Results

    • Monitoring the Future #
  • 2008 Results
  • 2007 Results
  • 2006 Results
  • 2005 Results
  • 2004 Results
  • 2003 Results
  • 2002 Results
  • 2001 Results
  • 2000 Results

    • Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) #
  • 2005 Results
  • 2004 Results
  • 2003 Results
    • New DAWN vs Old DAWN
  • 2002 Results
  • 2001 Results
  • 1999 Results
  • 2004 Drug-related Suicide Attempts

    • SAMHSA
  • Florida Law Enforcement Annual Reports
  • Florida Drug-related Death Statistics for 2001

    • NCADI - National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
    NCADI Documents (by Substance)
    NCADI - Data & Statistics
    NCADI - 1998 National Drug Control Strategy
    Indiana Prevention Resource Center - Drug Stats
    ONDCP - Office of National Drug Control Policy
    United Nations Office of Drug Control: Global Illicit Drug Trends Reports
    ONDCP - Drugs and Crime Facts
    NCJRS - Drugs & Crime
    NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse
    White House ONDCP's Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
    DrugUse.com
    U.S. General Accounting Office
    Federal Statistics
    Social Statistics Briefing Room
    Fastats
    FBI's 2000 Crime Statistics


    Drug abuse violations, with an estimated
    1.6 million arrests, were the most
    frequent cause for arrest [in 2000].
     - - FBI's 2000 Crime Statistics
    DRUG USE IN PRISONS #
    Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners 2004 (excludes alcohol)
    OTHER RESOURCES #
    The Anti-Drug War Arsenal - Organized Statistics Links
    Justice Policy Institute : The Costs of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States
    CEDRO, Netherlands Use Statistics, 1997
    BRITISH DRUG USE & PRICE STATISTICS #
    User Statistics and Drug Prices, Independent Drug Monitoring Unit
    Observer's Summary of 2001 Study of British Underground Psychoactive Drug Use - good
    British 2000 Key Findings about Drug Misuse
    British BCS 1998 Use Statistics
    British BCS 2000 Use Statistics
    EUROPEAN DRUG USE & PRICE STATISTICS #
    EMCDDA : Annual report 2008: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
    European Youth Cannabis Use 2004
    CANNABIS #
    Harvard: College Cannabis Use Rises Between 1993 and 2000
    DRUG TESTING & USE STATISTICS #
    Blowing Smoke: Why random drug testing doesn't reduce student drug use, slate mar 2006
    MEDIA COVERAGE #
    Poll: Scientists Use Brain-Boosting Drugs, Apr 9 2008, WebMD