Non-Medical Use and Abuse:  
Prescription-type and Over-the-Counter Drugs  

2002 Data Tables & Figures on Psychotherapeutics

All Reports on Prescription & OTC Use and Treatment

• Amphetamines

• Analgesics/ Pain Relievers

• Benzodiazepines

• Over the Counter Drugs - Treatment Admissions

• Prescription Diet Pills

• Sedatives

• Stimulants

• Tranquilizers

DAWN:  Emergency Department & Mortality Data

List of drugs sorted by generic name  (Excel Tables)

List of drugs sorted by brand name   (Excel Tables)

Data Tables & Figures

2002 Data:

Results of the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• NonMedical use of prescription type psychotherapeutics

• Trends in new users of psychotherapeutics

Detailed Tables:  2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (PDF format)

• NonMedical Use of Any Psychotherapeutic by Demographic Characteristics (Go to Tables 1.51 - 1.55)

• NonMedical Use of Any Psychotherapeutic by Geographic Characteristics (Go to Tables 1.96 - 1.100)

• Specific hallucinogen, inhalant, needle, heroin, pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant, and sedative use by age categories (Go to Tables 1.106 - 1.110)

• Incidence Tables: marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and psychotherapeutics Use (Go to Tables 4.1 - 4.14)
  • Male new users:  (Go to tables 4.20 - 4.33)
  • Female new users:  (Go to tables 4.39 - 4.52)

2001 Data:

• Nonmedical use of any prescription type drugs by demographic characteristics (Tables 1.51 A to 1.55B)

• Lifetime Use of Specific Stimulants in 2000 & 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse:

  Methedrine, Prescription Diet Pills, Ritalin®, Cylert®, Dexedrine®, Dextroamphetamine, Didrex®, Eskatrol®, Ionamin®, Mazanor®, Obedrin-LA®, Plegine®, Preludin®, and Sanorex®.

• Pain Relievers (PDF format) Go to Table 1.107 A&B

• Sedatives (PDF format) Go to Table 1.110 A&

• Tranquilizers (PDF format) Go to Table 1.108 A&B

• Specific Sedative, Stimulants, Tranquilizers, and Pain Relievers (PDF format) Go to Tables 1.107 to 1.110 A, B

• Prescription Diet Pills

Reports

The DAWN Report:  Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Emergency Department Visits, 1995-2002

The DAWN Report:  Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits

The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers

The DAWN Report:  Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002   (PDF format)

The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers 

Trends in new users of psychotherapeutics:  2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

Trends in life time use of psychotherapeutics:  2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Benzodiazepine Admissions: 2000

The DASIS Report:  Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Admissions

The DASIS Report:  Amphetamine Treatment Admissions Increase:  1993-1999

Methamphetamine Abuse in the United States

DAWN:  Emergency Department & Mortality Data

• The DAWN Report:  Narcotic Analgesics, 2002 Update

• The DAWN Report:  Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Emergency Department Visits, 1995-2002

• The DAWN Report:  Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits

•  The DAWN Report: Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002

• The DAWN Report:  Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002

• The DAWN Report: Major Drugs of Abuse in ED Visits, 2001 Update (PDF format)

• The DAWN Report:  Narcotic Analgesics (PDF format)

• Trends in Emergency Department mentions for selected psychotherapeutic, CNS, and respiratory agents:  1997-2001  (EXCEL Tables)

• Numbers of mentions (in thousands) by half year from January-June 1997 to July-December 2001 (Excel Tables)

• Rates per 100,000 population (Excel Tables)

Analgesics/ Pain Relievers

• The DAWN Report:  Narcotic Analgesics, 2002 Update (PDF format)

• The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

•  The DAWN Report: Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002

• The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

• The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers

• The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers

• Pain Relievers (PDF format) Go to Table 1.107 A&B:  2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

• The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers

• The NHSDA Report:  Nonmedical Use of Prescription-Type Drugs among Youths and Young Adults

• 2002:  Specific hallucinogen, inhalant, needle, heroin, pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant, and sedative use by age categories (Go to Tables 1.106 - 1.110)

• 2001:  Specific Sedative, Stimulants, Tranquilizers, and Pain Relievers (PDF format) Go to Tables 1.107 to 1.110 A, B

• The DASIS Report:  Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Admissions

Benzodiazepines

• The DAWN Report:  Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits

• The DAWN Report:  Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002   (PDF format)

• The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Benzodiazepine Admissions: 2000

Sedatives

• Sedatives (PDF format) Go to Table 1.110 A&B:  2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Stimulants

• Lifetime Use of Specific Stimulants in 2000 & 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse:

Tranquilizers

• Tranquilizers (PDF format) Go to Table 1.108 A&B:  2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse