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Mid-South Substance Abuse Commission General Information
Click on the links below to view Satisfaction Survey results. Satisfaction Survey Results FY09.10 Satisfaction Survey Results FY08.09 Satisfaction Survey Results FY07.08 Satisfaction Survey Results FY06.07 Treatment Statistics According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2006, 23.6 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol abuse problem (9.6 percent of the persons aged 12 or older). Of these, only 2.5 million--10.8 percent of those who needed treatment--received it at a specialty facility. According to SAMHSA, in 2006 there were nearly 1.8 million admissions for treatment of alcohol and drug abuse to facilities that report to State administrative data systems. Most admissions--40 percent--were for alcohol treatment, Heroin and other opiates accounted for the largest percentage of drug-related admissions (18 percent), followed by marijuana (16 percent). A majority of the patients seeking treatment were age 20-24 years old (14.4 percent), followed by those age 25-29 (14 percent) and those age 40-44 (13.9 percent). Nationwide Trends A number of information sources are used to quantify America's drug problem and to monitor drug abuse trends. Foremost among these sources are the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Since 1975, the MTF survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use as well as related attitudes among adolescent students nationwide. For the 2009 survey, 46,097 students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades from 389 public and private schools participated. Funded by NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse), the MTF survey is conducted by investigators at the University of Michigan. The NSDUH is an annual survey on the nationwide prevalence and incidence of illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, abuse, and dependence among Americans aged 12 years and older, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Approximately 67,500 people are included in this survey. In the MTF and NSDUH, there are three primary prevalence periods for which data are reported: lifetime, past year, and past month (also referred to as "current"). Highlights of the 2010 Monitoring the Future Survey • Daily marijuana use increased among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders from 2009 to 2010. Among 12th graders it was at its highest point since the early 1980s at 1.6 percent. This year, perceived risk of regular marijuana use also declined among 10th and 12th graders suggesting future trends in use may continue upward. • Additionally, most measures of marijuana use increased among 8th graders between 2009 and 2010 (past year, past month, and daily), paralleling softening attitudes for the last 2 years about the risk of using marijuana. • Marijuana use in now ahead of cigarette smoking on some measures (due to decreases in smoking and recent increases in marijuana use). In 2010, 21.4 percent of high school seniors used marijuana in the past 30 days, while 19.2 percent smoked cigarettes. • Steady declines in cigarette smoking appear to have stalled in all three grades after several years of improvement on most measures. • After marijuana, prescription and over-the-counter medications account for most of the top drugs abused by 12th graders in the past year. Among 12th graders, past year non-medical use of Vicodin decreased from 9.7 percent to 8 percent. However, past year non-medical use of OxyContin remains unchanged across the three grades and has increased in 10th graders over the past 5 years. Moreover, past year non-medical use of Adderall and over-the-counter cough and cold medicines among 12th graders remains high at 6.5 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively. • After several years of decline, current and past year use of Ecstasy has risen among 8th and 10th graders. From 2009 to 2010, lifetime use of Ecstasy among 8th graders increased from 2.2 percent to 3.3 percent, past year use from 1.3 percent to 2.4 percent, and current use 0.6 percent to 1.1 percent. This follows declines in perceived risk associated with MDMA use seen over the past several years. • Alcohol use has continued to decline among high school seniors with past year use falling from 43.5 percent to 41.2 percent, and alcohol binge drinking (defined as 5 or more drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks) declining from 25.2 percent to 23.2 percent. Declines were also observed for all measures among 12th graders reporting the use of flavored alcoholic beverages. Past year use fell from 53.4 percent to 47.9 percent.
For complete NSDUH findings, go to http://oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUHLatest.htm. Complete MTF findings are available at http://www.monitoringthefuture.org. Another information source is the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is a school-based survey that collects data from students in grades 9-12. This survey is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. More information is at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm. Additional information on high school and youth trends is available at http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/HSYouthtrends.html.
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