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    • Monthly Variation in Substance Use Initiation Among Full-Time College Students

    Metadata Updated: September 6, 2025

    This report uses combined 2002 to 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to assess the average number of full-time college students aged 18 to 22 using substances for the first time per day for the year as a whole and for each month of the year. Substances examined include alcohol, cigarettes, cigars, marijuana, nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers, nonmedical use of prescription tranquilizers, nonmedical use of prescription stimulants, nonmedical use of prescription sedatives, inhalants, hallucinogens, and cocaine. Results are shown for each substance by month.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025
    Publisher Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://healthdata.gov/api/views/b6rs-fpba
    Data First Published 2025-07-14
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-06
    Category SAMHSA
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 009:30
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
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    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/d/b6rs-fpba
    Program Code 009:061
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d9f542e3d7030685f055fee28eae9fa55f66e72bf7509f3ab43b2f3c8568cdff
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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