This report presents the first results from the 1995 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, an annual survey conducted by SAMHSA. The survey provides estimates of the prevalence of use of a variety of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, based on a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population age 12 and older. In 1995, a sample of 17,747 persons were interviewed for the survey. Selected findings are given below:
