Population Groups and Substance Use

• Criminal Justice System

• Government Assistance Recipients

• Homeless

• New Drug Users 

• Older Adults 

• Racial and Ethnic Groups

• Veterans

• Women

• Workers and Workplace

• Youth

Government Assistance Recipients

The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions Receiving Public Assistance: 2002

An estimated 27 million persons aged 12 to 64 lived in families that received government assistance in the year prior to the interview.  For their alcohol and illicit drug use rates, see   The NHSDA Report:  Substance Use Among Persons in Families Receiving Government Assistance.

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2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health Detailed Tables:

• Government assistant programs (Go to tables 7.90 - 7.104)

Data Tables with government assistance as a variable:

• Adult (age 18 and older) mental health treatment/counseling, 2000 & 2001 (PDF format) --  Number and percent of (1) any mental health treatment, (2) inpatient, outpatient, and prescription medication treatment, and (3) unmet need for mental health treatment/counseling by socioeconomic demographics & geographic variables, family income, government assistance, and any illicit drug use  (Tables 8.35A - 8.40B).  

• Substance use by adult mental health treatment/counseling , 2000 & 2001 (PDF format) -- Number & percent of past year users of any illicit drugs, marijuana, nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs, cigarettes, & alcohol by receipt & perceived need for mental health treatment/counseling by sociodemographics, government assistance, and geographic variables (Tables 8.41A - 8.50B).

Homeless

The DASIS Report:  Admissions with Five or More Prior Treatment Episodes: 2005

The DASIS Report:  Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2004

The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002

The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2000

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