Infographics

September 15, 2020  |  The 2019 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey reports trends in substance use—including cannabis use and nicotine vaping—among college students and non-college peers.

December 18, 2019  |  This infographic of the NIH’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs.

December 13, 2019  |  This infographic of the NIH’s 2019 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for vaping.

September 13, 2019  |  The 2018 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and synthetic drugs in college students and non-college peers.

January 22, 2019  |  Use of opioids during pregnancy can result in a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns called neonatal abstinence syndrome or neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NAS/NOWS). Every ~15 minutes, 1 baby is born suffering from opioid withdrawal.

December 17, 2018  |  This infographic of the NIH’s 2018 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for vaping, marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription/OTC drugs.

October 30, 2018  |  Driving while under the influence of legal or illegal substances puts the driver, passengers, and others who share the road in danger.

September 5, 2018  |  The 2017 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and synthetic drugs in college students and non-college peers.

August 15, 2018  |  This infographic summarizes data on the comorbidity between substance use and mental disorders and the rates at which people get treatment for these conditions.

May 29, 2018  |  This infographic summarizes a study that finds that nearly half of opioid-related overdose deaths involve fentanyl.

December 12, 2017  |  This infographic of the NIH’s 2017 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes (e-vaporizers), and prescription opioids.

October 5, 2017  |  This infographic shows that synthetic cannabinoids, like K2 or Spice, are not natural drugs and can lead to dangerous health effects.

September 7, 2017  |  The 2016 Monitoring the Future College Students and Young Adults survey shows trends in the use of marijuana, alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs in college students and non-college peers.

December 13, 2016  |  This infographic of the NIH’s 2016 Monitoring the Future survey highlights drug use trends among the Nation’s youth for marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and prescription opioids.

November 3, 2016  |  The 2015 Monitoring the Future College Students and Adults survey shows trends in the use of alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, cocaine, and other drugs in college students and non-college peers.

February 11, 2016  |  This infographic explores e-cigarette use among teens, including usage rates compared with cigarette use, potential for e-cig use to lead to smoking, and what teens say is in their e-cig, as well as avenues for teens’ exposure to e-cig advertising.

February 8, 2016  |  More young adults use prescription drugs nonmedically than any other age group.

January 8, 2016  |  This infographic shows differences in substance use trends between women and men for marijuana use disorder, abuse of prescription pain medicines, treatment admissions for sleeping aid misuse, and nicotine cessation.

December 21, 2015  |  The 2014 Monitoring the Future College Students and Adults survey shows trends in alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and stimulant use in college students and non-college peers.

April 21, 2015  |  From 2005 to 2009, 1 in 3 persons with HIV was a current drug user or binged on alcohol

April 8, 2013  |  Teens who abuse Rx opioids often combine them with marijuana or alcohol.

February 26, 2013  |  By gender, 14% of male and 8% of female high school seniors abused synthetic marijuana.

July 5, 2012  |  Healthcare providers often put off antiretroviral therapy for HIV patients who inject drugs--even those with high levels of infection. A new study shows the surprising scope of this treatment disparity in North America.