Question: How many times in the past year have you used an illegal drug or used a prescription medication for non-medical reasons (for example, because of the experience or feeling it caused)?

Question Text: 
How many times in the past year have you used an illegal drug or used a prescription medication for non-medical reasons (for example, because of the experience or feeling it caused)?
Common Data Elements
CDE Long NamePreferred DefinitionCDE ID
Substance Abuse Prescription Illicit Substance Past Year Self-Administered Evaluation Method Personal Medical History Countthe numeric count during the last 365 days of the instances of maladaptive use of prescription drugs (substances obtained only by the order of legal medical professional) or illegal drugs (substances deemed as harmful and usually subject to legal restriction), derived via a self-administered evaluation, that may lead to social, occupational, psychological, or physical problems, as part of a person's medical background regarding health and the occurrence of disease events of the individual as part of the single-question screening test for drug use.3600797