The annual survey is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and is considered the “primary source of information on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older.” It surveys approximately 67,500 persons each year.
From the findings:
- From 2002-2008 there were decreases in the use of inhalants (from 0.5 to 0.3%)
- There was no significant change in the number of inhalant initiates from 2007 to 2008, but the 2008 estimate was significantly below the number in 2003 (871,000), 2004 (857,000), and 2005 (877,000).
- However, there was a significant decrease in the average age at first use among recent initiates aged 12 to 49 from 2007 (17.1 years) to 2008 (15.9 years).
- In 2008, 9.7% of respondents, aged 12 or older, reported inhalants as their first drug.
- In 2008, there were 729,000 persons aged 12 or older who had used inhalants for the first time within the past 12 months; 70.4% were under age 18 when they first used.
- In 2008: 1.1% of youths aged 12 to 17 used inhalants; 1.2% of 12-13 year olds; 1.3% of 14-15 year olds; 0.7% of 16-17 year olds
- From 2002 to 2008, there were declines in young adults' past month inhalant use (from 0.5 to 0.3%)
- In 2008, among adults aged 26 or older, 0.1% have used inhalants
- Among youths aged 12 to 17 in 2008, males and females had similar rates of current use of inhalants (1.1% for both).
- In 2008, inhalants came in 5th for the specific drug categories with the largest number of recent initiates among persons aged 12 or older: inhalants (0.7 million)
The table below compares the 2002-2008 data from both the NSDUH and Monitoring the Future (MTF) national studies.
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