Binge Drinking Among Underage Persons

This Short Report, The NHSDA Report: Binge Drinking Among Underage Persons, is based on SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. The NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.

SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. It is conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS). Occasionally OAS produces methodology reports, detailed tables, and other NHSDA reports that are available only on the web.

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