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Page 164
... ( NSDUH ) . The 2005 NSDUH survey was based on a sample of 67,500 respondents . The resultant report , released in 2006 provides , in the words of the SAMHSA , national estimates of rates of use , number of users , and other measures ...
... ( NSDUH ) . The 2005 NSDUH survey was based on a sample of 67,500 respondents . The resultant report , released in 2006 provides , in the words of the SAMHSA , national estimates of rates of use , number of users , and other measures ...
Page 207
... NSDUH survey , smokers were five times as likely to use illicit drugs as nonsmokers . If the NSDUH had tabulated substance consumption for the other age categories , no doubt much the same correlation would prevail . The fact is , the ...
... NSDUH survey , smokers were five times as likely to use illicit drugs as nonsmokers . If the NSDUH had tabulated substance consumption for the other age categories , no doubt much the same correlation would prevail . The fact is , the ...
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... NSDUH's figure , however wide apart they are ( and I'm inclined to believe Abt's estimate rather than the NSDUH's ) are both fairly small compared with the figures for most other drugs . For example , as we saw in Chapter 6 , Abt ...
... NSDUH's figure , however wide apart they are ( and I'm inclined to believe Abt's estimate rather than the NSDUH's ) are both fairly small compared with the figures for most other drugs . For example , as we saw in Chapter 6 , Abt ...
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