The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Heroin Injection and Inhalation Admissions: 2002 

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Highlights:

• In 2002, heroin was reported as the primary substance of abuse for 15% of the 1.9 million admissions in SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).

• Admissions trend data suggest that many users begin using heroin in the inhaled form and switch to injecting heroin later in their lifetime. Among primary heroin admissions, the routes of administration for heroin were injection (62%), inhalation (33%), smoking (2%), oral (2%), and other (1%).

• Heroin admissions did not differ in their preferred route of administration by gender but did differ significantly by racial group. Primary heroin inhalation admissions were more likely to be Black (45%); while primary heroin injection admissions were more likely to be White (58%).

• Primary heroin injection admissions were more likely than heroin inhalation admissions to be from the West (32% vs. 3%).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Heroin Injection and Inhalation Admissions: 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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