Current
  Data

Key Findings from Research on Dangers of Counterfeit Drugs and Fentanyl among Teens and Young Adults (10.2022)

Fake Pills and Fentanyl: Closing the Knowledge Gap to Reduce Youth Risk”. SAMHSA Prevention Day Presentation (1.2023)

2023 data presentation slides for download (PDF)

CDC Wonder Database: 20 years of detailed mortality data and demographics including age, state, county, race, drug types, etc. Requires familiarity with the topic and query tools

• https://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10.html

CDC Provisional Drug Overdose Data: 5 years of provisional data at national level and most states, with drug types; some trend charting and an interactive map. County-level 15 month all drug mortality simple trend charts. Other drug overdose surveillance data links.

• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm

• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/prov-county-drug-overdose.htm

• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/provisional-drug-overdose.htm

NIH National Institute of Drug Abuse Trends & Statistics. Summarized and graphical overdose death rates and state summaries. This data generally is not as recent as CDC data.

• https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics

• CDC Injury Statistics Reporting and Visualizations

• https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Quick Statistics about treatment, services etc.

• https://www.samhsa.gov/data/quick-statistics

Surveys about youth drug use & perceptions

• https://www.samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/nsduh-national-survey-drug-use-and-health

• https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/monitoring-future

• https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm

CDC SUDORS Dashboard: Fatal Overdose Data

• https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/fatal/dashboard/index.html