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What drugs are commonly abused?

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What drugs are commonly abused?

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NIDA and other agencies monitor what drugs are being abused by tracking trends in drug abuse through many different surveys and data collection systems. Annually, NIDA supports the collection of data on drug abuse patterns among secondary school students and young adults through the Monitoring the Future Study (MTF). The table below provides 2005 MTF data for some commonly abused drugs among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. NIDA has also gathered information on types of commonly abused drugs, such as street and commercial names and health effects, into a chart available on line at /DrugPages/DrugsofAbuse.html. NIDA also monitors general and emerging drug abuse trends through its Community Epidemiology Work Group which meets twice yearly to discuss drug abuse patterns in major metropolitan areas across the nation.