At the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), our goal is to help people get accurate, science-based information about drugs and health. To help you start a conversation about drugs and health, we’ve compiled teens' 10 most frequently asked questions from more than 118,000 queries we’ve received from young people during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®. It’s okay if some of this information is news to you—lots of other people are asking, too!
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/pages/121113-stillbirth-drug-use.aspx. Published December 11, 2013. Accessed January 31, 2018.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health. Smoking and Tobacco Use, Fast Facts. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/php/data-statistics/smoking-cessation/index.html
- United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Risky Driving, Drunk Driving. https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving
- Hedegaard H. Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999-2019. NCHS Data Brief, no 394. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db394.htm#:~:text=In%202019%2C%2070%2C630%20 drug%20overdose,standard%20population%20(Figure%201) Accessed March 2021