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Health Data & Statistics

Substance Abuse

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Drugs & Crime Facts
The Bureau of Justice Statistics presents information on drug-related crimes, law enforcement, corrections, drug use and public opinion about drugs.

 

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Monitoring the Future
An ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. The website includes data tables and a list of publications. Datasets and online analysis are available from ICPSR. (Search for "Monitoring the Future").

Trends and Statistics
This agency of the National Institutes of Health provides a page with publications and related links that include trends and statistics.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Data and Dissemination

The primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population, ages 12 and older.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

Drug Fact Sheets
The DEA has prepared briefs that describe the appearance and properties of 29 commonly abused drugs.

Drug Labs in the United States

Information on locations in the US where law enforcement reportedly found illegal chemicals of some sort. Can be viewed by state.