This menu of 27 substance use indicators includes those that can be retrieved at the community level. We call it a menu of indicator data because not all indicators can or should be used by all communities. Use the menu to explore the possible choices. This list is not exhaustive; your community may be able to retrieve other valuable local or existing national indicator information.

Availability
    Alcohol Outlets
    Smoke-free workplace/secondhand smoke regulations
    Cigarette sales locations
    Alcohol advertising
    Alcohol and tobacco excise taxes

Use
    Self-reported substance use among youth
    Self-reported substance use among adults
    Alcohol consumption
    Drug use among arrestees

Prevention
    Environmental Policies
    School-based substance use education and policies
    Community coalitions

Treatment
    People in treatment
    Treatment quality
    Treatment medication
    Screening and brief intervention
    Self-help meetings
    Statewide tobacco quit line data, substance use hotline data

Criminal Justice
    Drug and alcohol related arrests
    Youth attempts to buy tobacco and alcohol

Harm
    Substance use-related hospital cases
    Emergency room cases
    Substance use-related deaths
    Traffic fatalities
    Child welfare
    Drug-related AIDS/STD cases
    Hepatitis C cases