The DASIS Report: Trends in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions, 1993 and 2003

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Highlights:

• Between 1993 and 2003, the number of substance abuse treatment admissions increased from 1.62 million to 1.84 million treatment admissions. This increase in substance abuse treatment admissions was almost 14%.

• The proportion of admissions also increased between 1993 and 2003 for those reporting as their primary substance of abuse: marijuana (increased from 7% in 1993 to 16% in 2003), opiates (increased from 13% to 18%), or stimulants (increased from 2% to 7%).

• The proportion of admissions decreased during this decade for those reporting alcohol (57% to 41%) or cocaine (17% to 14%) as their primary substance of abuse.

• Substance abuse treatment admissions that were aged 25 to 34 decreased from 40% of admissions in 1993 to 25% of treatment admissions in 2003.

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This Short Report,  The DASIS Report: Trends in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions, 1993 and 2003   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).  

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