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Explore Drug Trends – Data and Info about drug trends in the US

Substance Abuse on Social Media

143 minutes a day. That’s the average time internet users spend on social media. 50%. That’s the percentage of Americans 12 and older who have used illicit drugs at least once. So, how does social media effect substance misuse and addiction? When we put these statistics together, it makes sense that we see quite a ...

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Bad and Boozy – Explore what people do when they have been drinking

Although we tend to associate hangovers with the morning after a boozy night out with friends, in this quarantine social landscape many people are simply drinking alone. For most of us, the choice of drink is a personal preference, and the resulting hangover a function of how much we drink. There are some factors that ...

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Drug Problem Score, by State

Due to the CoronaVirus, a lot of people have felt upheaval in their lives and have begun to self-medicate creating a concern for potential addiction. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug abuse and addiction cost the United States more than $740 billion annually in lost workplace productivity, healthcare expenses, and crime-related costs ...

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Tracking drug mentions in music over time
Drugs In Music – Analyzing Drug References In Musical Genres

Music and substance use have been intertwined for decades. This study analyzes drug references across more than 1.09 million songs to reveal which genres, artists, and substances appear most often in lyrics. See what the data found.

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The Munchies: Get The Facts About This Cannabis Side Effect

The earliest known reference to cannabis in human history dates back to 26999 BC. Since then, our ancient ancestors are known to have used marijuana as commercial crops, medicinal herbs, in clothing and even in pottery. Despite the prehistoric nature of hemp over the course of history, it took scientists until 2015 to pinpoint why ...

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People Who Bought Drugs At Church, By Denomination
Christian Chronic – Analysing drug usage among religion

Across the U.S., fewer Americans today identify with or practice a religion of any kind. At the same time, the public perception of drugs like marijuana and illicit drug use is on the rise. But is there really a connection between the two? In 2014, the number of Americans who described themselves as religiously affiliated ...

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Standout Drugs
Drugs From Last Night – What Drugs Do People Text About?

Have you ever woken up after a long night out and realized you sent out a text you wish you could take back? Maybe you said something about a bad date or a terrible coworker you’re afraid will get out now. Those examples might seem stressful enough, but what about texting someone about your drug ...

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Meth Addicts
A Day In The Life

In 2024, 80,391 Americans died from drug overdose. While this is down by 26.9% from 2023, the National Institute on Drug Addiction reports that more then 40 million people across the U.S. have a substance use disorder. We know the stats, the trends, and even the drugs – but do we know the people? In ...

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Relationships and Drugs

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 40.3 million people in the United States had a substance use disorder in 2020. These numbers don’t appear to be decreasing, since the number of people needing treatment for addiction increased between 2013 and 2023 by about 9%. Scientific research has shown us that drug addiction is ...

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Missing the Vein

Health experts have called the opioid epidemic in the United States the worst drug crisis in history, killing more than 33,000 people across the country in 2015 alone. Of those deaths, more than a third were attributed to a single narcotic: heroin. With heroin use reaching a 20-year high in states across America, and now ...

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If America Had Filipino Drug Laws

In the United States, if you get caught using or selling illicit drugs, you might know what kinds of penalties you can expect. Fines, jail time, probation, and mandatory substance abuse programs aren’t outside the realm of possibility depending on the federal, state and local laws where the crime took place. But what about capital ...

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Life on the Streets – How substance abuse relates to homelessness

In 2024, more than 750,000 Americans experienced homelessness. Of those, around 2/3 were single individuals, with the other 1/3 being families. While numbers for homelessness were declining, recent years have revealed the tide has turned, and numbers are now on the rise. A 2024 report found that the number of chronically homeless individuals increased by ...

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