Content # Drug Use By Age This directory contains data behind the story [How Baby Boomers Get High](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-baby-boomers-get-high/). It covers 13 drugs across 17 age groups. Source: [National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive](http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/SAMHDA/index.html). Header | Definition ---|--------- `alcohol-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used alcohol in the past 12 months `alcohol-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used alcohol in the past 12 months `marijuana-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used marijuana in the past 12 months `marijuana-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used marijuana in the past 12 months `cocaine-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used cocaine in the past 12 months `cocaine-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used cocaine in the past 12 months `crack-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used crack in the past 12 months `crack-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used crack in the past 12 months `heroin-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used heroin in the past 12 months `heroin-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used heroin in the past 12 months `hallucinogen-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used hallucinogens in the past 12 months `hallucinogen-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used hallucinogens in the past 12 months `inhalant-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used inhalants in the past 12 months `inhalant-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used inhalants in the past 12 months `pain-releiver-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used pain relievers in the past 12 months `pain-releiver-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used pain relievers in the past 12 months `oxycontin-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used oxycontin in the past 12 months `oxycontin-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used oxycontin in the past 12 months `tranquilizer-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used tranquilizer in the past 12 months `tranquilizer-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used tranquilizer in the past 12 months `stimulant-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used stimulants in the past 12 months `stimulant-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used stimulants in the past 12 months `meth-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used meth in the past 12 months `meth-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used meth in the past 12 months `sedative-use` | Percentage of those in an age group who used sedatives in the past 12 months `sedative-frequency` | Median number of times a user in an age group used sedatives in the past 12 months Context This is a dataset from [FiveThirtyEight](https://fivethirtyeight.com/) hosted on their [GitHub](https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data). Explore FiveThirtyEight data using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the FiveThirtyEight [organization page](https://www.kaggle.com/fivethirtyeight)! * Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily. Acknowledgements This dataset is maintained using GitHub's [API](https://developer.github.com/v3/?) and Kaggle's [API](https://github.com/Kaggle/kaggle-api). This dataset is distributed under the [Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. [Cover photo](https://unsplash.com/photos/PnvFVVkS9vU) by [Eric Muhr](https://unsplash.com/@ericmuhr) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) _Unsplash Images are distributed under a unique [Unsplash License](https://unsplash.com/license)._