The DASIS Report:  Substance Abuse Treatment among Asians and Pacific Islanders: 2002

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• About 16,700 Asian and Pacific Islander substance abuse treatment admissions were reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2002. More than half of the Asian and Pacific Islander substance abuse treatment admissions were in California and Hawaii.

• Asian and Pacific Islander substance abuse treatment admissions were more likely than all other admissions to go into treatment for either marijuana or methamphetamine/ amphetamines and less likely to report alcohol, cocain, heroin or other opiates as their primary substance of abuse. Among primary methamphetamine/amphetamine admissions, Asian and Pacific Islanders were more likely to report smoking methamphetamine/amphetamine (84%) than all other substance abuse treatment admissions (49%) and less likely to use other routes of administration.

• Asian and Pacific Islander substance abuse treatment admissions were much less likely to have health insurance (38%) than all other substance abuse treatment admissions (61%).

• In 2002, the average age at admission was slightly younger for Asian and Pacific Islander admissions (age 30) compared to all other admissions (age 34).

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This Short Report,  The DASIS Report:  Substance Abuse Treatment among Asians and Pacific Islanders: 2002 ,  is based on the 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).