The NSDUH Report On Adolescent Inhalant Abuse
The NSDUH has published a report on Inhalant Use across the Adolescent Years that is based on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS).
The conclusions are that:
Inhalants were the most frequently reported class of illicit drugs used in the past year among adolescents aged 12 or 13 (3.4 and 4.8 percent, respectively)
Combined data for 2002 to 2006 indicated that an annual average of 593,000 adolescents aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants for the first time in the year before their survey interview
Among past year inhalant initiates aged 12 to 15, the three most commonly used types of inhalants were glue, shoe polish, or toluene; spray paints; and gasoline or lighter fluid; in comparison, nitrous oxide or whippets were the most common type of inhalant used among past year inhalant initiates aged 16 or 17
The report demonstrates that school drug testing programs need to include education about the dangers of inhalant abuse.
The DaytaTree Team
April 9th, 2008 at 3:48 am
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