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Perception of Great Risk of Drug Use

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  • Description
    Perception of Great Risk of Drug Use reports the prevalence of a perception that the use of drugs can cause great harm.
  • Full Description

    Perception of Great Risk of Drug Use reports an estimated average percent of people who perceived great risk to themselves, physical or otherwise, when consuming certain drugs at various levels of frequency. These data are collected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as part of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Substate Region Estimates by Age Group. This survey is conducted on a representative sample of U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized people ages 12 and older. Data are available for the state of Connecticut, substate regions within Connecticut, the Northeast region of the United States, and the Total United States.

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    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Suppression
    Low precision estimates for small geographic areas have been suppressed.
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