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Hispanics in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2003

The DASIS Report: Hispanics in Substance Abuse Treatment, 2003

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Based on SAMHSA's 2003 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), Hispanic admissions were more likely to report opiate abuse than non-Hispanic admissions (28% vs. 16%).

A greater proportion of Hispanic admissions were male (78%) than non-Hispanic admissions (68%).

Puerto Rican admissions most frequently reported opiates as the primary substance of abuse, while other Hispanic admissions most frequently reported alcohol as the primary substance of abuse.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Hispanics in Substance Abuse Treatment, 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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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

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