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Youth Violence and Substance Use:  2001 Update

The NHSDA Report:  Youth Violence and Substance Use,  2001 Update

Highlights:

  • Among youths aged 12 to 17, males were more likely than females to report violent behaviors during the past year.
  • Among youths aged 12 to 17, those aged 14 or 15 reported higher rates than those younger or older for the following violent behaviors:  serious fighting at school or work, group-against-group fights, and attacking others with the intent of seriously hurting them.
  • Youths aged 12 to 17 who reported violent behaviors in the past year reported higher rates of past year illicit drug or alcohol use compared with youths who did not report violent behaviors.

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This Short Report, The NHSDA Report:  Youth Violence and Substance Use,  2001 Update, is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), now called the  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The survey is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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