Substance Use among Hispanic Youths 

The NSDUH Report:  Substance Use among Hispanic Youths

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Highlights

• Based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) in 2002 and 2003, Hispanic youths aged 12 to 17 were less likely to report past month alcohol use and past month marijuana use than non-Hispanic youths.

• Among Hispanic youths, Cuban youths had the highest rates of past month alcohol use while Puerto Rican youths had the highest rates of past month illicit drug use.

• Hispanic youths who were born in the United States were more likely to have used illicit drugs in the past month than Hispanic youths born outside the United States. 

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Substance Use among Hispanic Youths, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health, formerly called the 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 Survey on Drug Use and Health (NHSDA/NSDUH) 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/NSDUH also provides estimates for drug use by state.