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 American Indian / Alaska Native Treatment Admissions in Rural & Urban Areas:  2000
The DASIS Report:   American Indian / Alaska Native Treatment Admissions in Rural & Urban Areas:  2000  

Highlights:

  • In 2000, 2.4 percent of all admissions to publicly funded substance abuse treatment facilities in SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) were American Indians or Alaska Natives.

  • Regardless of level of urbanization, alcohol was the leading substance of abuse for American Indian / Alaska Native treatment admissions.  American Indian / Alaska Native treatment admissions in non-metro areas without a city were less likely than other metropolitan areas to have opiates, cocaine, or stimulants as their primary substance of abuse. Opiates were the primary substance of abuse among American Indian / Alaska Native substance abuse treatment admissions in large metropolitan areas.

  • The average age at first use of the primary substance of abuse was younger for American Indian / Alaska Native admissions in non metro areas without cities (age 15) than for those in large central metro areas (age 17).  

  • Among American Indian / Alaska Native substance abuse treatment admissions, referrals through the criminal justice system were most likely in non-metropolitan areas without cities (54 percent) and self or individual referrals were most likely in metropolitan areas (32 percent).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:   American Indian / Alaska Native Treatment Admissions in Rural & Urban Areas:  2000,  is based on SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment. DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 

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