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The
DASIS Report: Trends in Marijuana Treatment Admissions by
State: 1992-2002
Highlights:
- Based
on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), substance abuse treatment
admission rates for marijuana as their primary substance of abuse
increased nationally by 162% from 45 admissions per 100,000 persons
aged 12 or older in 1992 to 118 admissions per 100,000 persons aged
12 or older in 2002.
- Overall,
the primary marijuana treatment admission rates increased in 41 States
and decreased in 3 States between 1992 and 2002.
- The
number of States with marijuana treatment admission rates of 139 or
more per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older increased from no
States in 1992 to 21 States in 2002. The number of States with rates
less than 50 per 100,000 decreased from 26 States in 1992 to
six States in 2002.
Other
reports with State level data
Other
reports on marijuana
Other
drugs
Other
reports on treatment
Other
topics
Other
OAS publications and services
This Short
Report, The DASIS
Report: Trends in Marijuana Treatment Admissions by State: 1992-2002
, 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 SAMHSA's
Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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