State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2006–2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health

This report was developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) based on the 2006 and 2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Using data drawn from interviews with 135,672 persons from throughout the country, the report provides a state-by-state breakdown along 23 different measures of substance abuse and mental health problems, including illicit drug use, binge drinking, alcohol and illicit drug dependence, tobacco use, serious psychological distress, and major depressive episodes.The report also provides valuable data on the changes occurring within each of the states during the time since the last report (drawn from the 2005 and 2006 NSDUH surveys). The report reveals that there are wide variations in the levels of problems like illicit drug use found among the states, but that every state suffers from these problems.