Study Estimates Illicit Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Across States
A Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) sponsered study "presents state estimates for 22 measures of substance use or mental health problems based on the 2003 and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs)." An interesting feature of the study is a state-by-state measure of serious psychological distress among adults. This New York Times article runs through a few key points of the study.