SAMHSA Headlines: Nearly 18 Percent of Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol in Their First Trimester

SAMHSA Headlines: Nearly 18 Percent of Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol in Their First Trimester

		www.samhsa.gov • 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727)	September 12, 2013

Nearly 18 Percent of Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol in Early Stages of Pregnancy

A new SAMHSA report showed that approximately 18 percent of women in their first trimester of pregnancy used alcohol within the past month. The report also showed 6.6 percent of women in their first trimester engaged in binge drinking.

National Survey Shows Continued Reduced Levels of Prescription Drug Use Among Young Adults

According to a new SAMHSA report, the rate of past-month nonmedical use of prescription drugs among young adults age 18–25 in 2012 was 5.3 percent—similar to rates in 2010 and 2011, but significantly lower than the rate in 2009 (6.4 percent).

New Toolkit Will Combat Opioid Overdose

SAMHSA has developed an Opioid Overdose Toolkit to educate first responders, physicians, patients, family members, and community members on ways to prevent opioid overdose, as well as how to use a drug called naloxone to prevent overdose-related deaths.

State/Federal Effort To Reduce Illegal Tobacco Sales to Minors Shows Continued Success

A new report on the Synar Amendment program—a Federal and state partnership aimed at ending illegal tobacco sales to minors—shows that all the states and the District of Columbia have continued to meet their goals of reducing tobacco sales to underage youth.