Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Developed in 1984 to provide a standardized questionnaire for states to monitor health behaviors among adults. The program is ongoing. From the main page, chose "prevalence data" to link to online analysis system.

CDC Wonder 
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - This online data analysis system facilitates access to public health data, primarily surveillance data, such as U.S. Mortality and AIDS Surveillance. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from 1983 to present can be searched full text. It also provides access to full text reports and bibliographic databases of health literature. It provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data.

Directory of HHS Services Data (DIR)  
Department of Health and Human Services - The Directory is a compilation of information about most major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It was designed to include data resources with current utility, or the potential for use by a wide variety of audiences. Databases from continuing departmental data projects or program administrative and evaluation activities that met the criterion of broad utility were included. Such data projects and systems included recurring surveys and disease registries either maintained or sponsored by HHS. Databases from one-time studies or data collections were also included when the data may have broad interest. A number of sources with alcohol and drug information can be found here, such as DAWN, NHSDA, MMWR, ADSS, DASIS, DSRS, SROS, and NLAES.

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) (semi-annual reports full text)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies (OAS)
DAWN provides semiannual estimates of the number of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments based on a nationally representative sample of hospitals located throughout the United States.

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Sciences (OAS)
DASIS is the primary source of national information on substance abuse treatment services and the characteristics of individuals admitted to treatment. DASIS contains three data sets which have been developed and maintained with the cooperation and support of the States. The system includes the Treatment Episode Data Set, Uniform Facility Data Set, and the National Master Facility Inventory which is a listing of Federal, State and local facilities in the National Directory.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)  
PO Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, phone: 734-764-2570, fax: 734-764-8041, netmail@icpsr.umich.edu
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSR is the world's largest archive of computerized social sciences data, including data related to public health, criminal justice, education, sociology, and political science. While most data is free only to its members, nonmembers can purchase data. Its database of holdings, the ICPSR Guide, is searchable on the web. ICPSR also maintains topical archives of government data, SAMHDA, the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, the International Archive of Education Data, and the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging. Data in the topical archives are free to the public.

Monitoring the Future (MTF) 
DATA (for cross-sectional data from 12th grade survey and 8th and 10th grade survey)
University of Michigan for NIDA (National Institute of Drug Abuse) - MTF is an annual survey of youth and young adults that explores changes in values, behaviors, and lifestyle. SAMHSA provides access for cross-sectional data from 12th grade survey and 8th and 10th grade survey. Longitudinal data and young adult and college data are not available publicly.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
National Center for Education Statistics, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20208-5574, 202-219-1828
Collects, collates, analyzes, and reports complete statistics on the condition of American education. NCES survey and program groups include: elementary/secondary surveys, postsecondary surveys, longitudinal surveys, education assessments, library surveys, international comparisons, and program areas.

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)  
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - NCHS is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency collecting data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care. Many of NCHS's data sets are available to the public on CD-ROM or via the web in public-use data files or through online data analysis systems, such as CDC Wonder or the Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool.

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)  
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies (OAS) - The NHSDA is designed to produce drug and alcohol use incidence and prevalence estimates and report the consequences and patterns of use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian population aged 12 and older. The survey is conducted annually.

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) 
NTIS, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161, 703-605-6000
The federal government's central source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information produced by or for the U.S. government and complementary material from international sources.

State Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Profile (SADAP)  
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) - SADAP compiles funding, admissions characteristics, and other aspects of alcohol and other drug prevention and treatment field data derived from information voluntarily submitted by the States. Data not publicly available.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) 
SAMHDA/ICPSR, The University of Michigan, PO Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, samhda@icpsr.umich.edu, phone: 734-763-5061, fax: 734-764-8041
SAMHDA is part of a larger project, the National Archive and Analytic Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Data. The analytic work is being carried out by the National opinion Research Center (NORC), based at the University of Chicago. The archive and website work is being carried out by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan under a sub-contract to NORC.
SAMHDA is a web-based data archive, housing data produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The archive includes data on substance abuse and mental health topics. The archive includes data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and Monitoring the Future Study. Data can be downloaded or manipulated online. This is a first stop for U.S.A. information.

Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)  
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies (OAS) - The TEDS is a minimum data set of demographic and drug history information about individuals admitted to treatment, primarily by providers receiving public funding. States transmit these data to SAMHSA from their administrative records on a regular basis. In addition to the admissions data set, some States also report a data set on discharge status to SAMHSA. TEDS is a component of SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS).

U.S. Census Bureau  
U.S. Census Bureau, Unites States Department of Commerce - The preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. Includes: agriculture, business and industry, economic census, decennial census, foreign trade, general and reference, governments, housing, international, maps and related products, and population (including income and poverty).

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention - The YRBSS collects survey data on the state and national level to assess youth risk behaviors, including alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.