Basic Drug Use Epidemiology: A Guide

The CDC Foundation and Vital Strategies authored this guide to help epidemiologists, analysts, and stakeholders “improve their capacity to analyze and report data about drug use and overdose.”

Monitoring the Future

The Monitoring the Future survey (NIDA) tracks attitudes about and use of drugs and alcohol among youth. Results are released each fall, with data stretching back to 1975.

State of Illinois Overdose Action Plan (SOAP)

This March 2022 plan outlines Illinois’ approach to ending the overdose epidemic in the state, focusing on social equity, prevention, treatment and recovery, harm reduction, and justice-involved populations and public safety.

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

The NSDUH Survey, conducted by SAMHSA, provides estimates of substance use and mental illness at the national, state, and substate levels. NSDUH data also help to identify the extent of substance use and mental illness among different subgroups, estimate trends over time, and determine the need for treatment services.