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Press Releases/Media Advisories
National Press Event: SAMHSA unveils the new 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health at the Recovery Month Press Conference
View streaming video of the press event on 9/9/2004.
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2004
By the President of the United States
View the National Proclamation
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Of the 1.1 million people in drug and alcohol treatment on a typical day in 2003, 47 percent were treated for both drug and alcohol abuse. The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2003, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), showed that 33 percent were being treated for drug abuse only, while 20 percent were being treated for alcohol abuse only.
(11/5/04)
Persons reporting they first used alcohol before age 15 are more than five times as likely to report past year alcohol dependence or abuse as adults than persons who first used alcohol at age 21 or older. These are the conclusions of a special analysis of the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, announced today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
(10/22/04)
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson today announced $23.3 million in grants to support substance abuse treatment and related services for juveniles and young adults returning from incarceration. The grants are designed to provide substance abuse treatment to both juveniles and young offenders up to age 24 as they enter into the community from prison.
(10/19/04)
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson today announced 24 grants to expand or enhance access to substance abuse treatment services in communities facing serious, emerging substance abuse problems. The three-year grants total $35 million and are administered through HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
(10/18/04)
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced eight awards totaling $11,190,236 over four years to support development of peer support services for people recovering from alcohol and drug use disorders.
(10/8/04)
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the award of four grants totaling $19.3 million over five years to increase the capacity of state treatment systems to provide effective, coordinated and integrated treatment services to persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders.
(10/4/04)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today unveiled the first practical guide for substance abuse treatment counselors to incorporate family therapy techniques into substance abuse treatment. The guide "Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy" also includes information to provide family therapists with basic information about treatment models and the role of 12 step self-help programs in substance abuse treatment.
(9/29/04)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the availability of a video package produced for women in substance abuse treatment programs to raise awareness about alcohol-affected pregnancies. The launch is timed to coincide with September's National Alcohol and Drug Abuse Recovery Month.
(9/23/04)
Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that there is a five percent decline in the number of American youth between the ages of 12 and 17 who have ever used marijuana. Current use of marijuana plummeted nearly 30 percent among 12 and 13 year olds. The findings were included in the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health released today at the annual Recovery Month press conference.
(9/5/04)
The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will unveil the new National Survey on Drug Use and Health at a press conference on Thursday, September 9. The release of the 2003 survey is the highlight of the annual Recovery Month press conference that ushers in a month-long celebration of treatment for and recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, and honors those in recovery as well as treatment providers.
(9/2/04)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced a cooperative agreement with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), a specialty organization of addiction medicine physicians, to develop a mentoring program for internists, family medicine specialists, primary care physicians, pain specialists, psychiatrists and other non-addiction medicine physicians who are treating patients addicted to prescription narcotic pain medications or heroin with buprenorphine medications.
(9/1/04)
The number of admissions to substance abuse treatment for adolescents ages 12 to 17 increased again in 2002, continuing a ten-year trend. These data were released today in the "Treatment Episode Data Set: National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services 1992-2002" by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
(8/31/04)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Advisory Council will meet on Wednesday, September 1, 2004.
(8/27/04)
The number of drug-abuse related visits to hospital emergency rooms (ERs) involving benzodiazepine medications exceeded 100,000 in 2002, a 41 percent increase since 1995, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN).
(8/13/04)
Rural areas outpaced urban areas in substance abuse treatment rates for abuse of narcotic painkillers in 2002. This is the conclusion of a new report "Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update" released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(8/6/04)
President Bush today announced $100 million in Access to Recovery grants to provide people seeking drug and alcohol treatment with vouchers for a range of appropriate community-based services.
(8/3/04)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced availability of $2 million in FY 2005 funds to partially subsidize accreditation of new and existing opioid treatment programs.
(7/30/04)
Adults with a substance use disorder in 2002 were almost three times as likely to have serious mental illness (20.4 percent) as those who did not have a substance use disorder (7.0 percent), according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
(7/29/04)
A Guide for Media Action has been created to help print and broadcast media outlets raise awareness about addiction treatment issues facing their communities. You can play a valuable role by helping articulate the needs of those with alcohol or drug use disorders, acknowledging the courage of persons striving to maintain sobriety, and identifying resources for your audience. We encourage you to adopt the suggestions in this guide and use its print and broadcast resources to increase awareness and mobilize your community to action.
(8/31/04)
Forty percent of the 119,000 mentions of narcotic pain medications in emergency rooms involved either oxycodone or hydrocodone in 2002, according to a new report released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
(7/27/04)
In the ten years between 1992 and 2002 treatment admission rates for abuse of narcotic pain medications more than doubled, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported today. The report, "Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers 2002 Update" shows that these admissions increased for all ages, but especially among people aged 20 to 30.
(7/23/04)
People with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance abuse often do not recognize that they need treatment, a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates. The report shows that 61 percent of those with both serious mental illness and a substance use disorder who had not received treatment for either illness, perceived no unmet need for treatment.
(6/24/04)
SAMHSA unveiled a new kit and other materials to be used as part of the 15th annual Recovery Month celebrations in September, as well as a new state report showing that overall 2.7 percent of persons 12 and older nationwide needed, but did not receive treatment for an illicit drug problem; and 7.3 percent needed but did not receive treatment for an alcohol problem.
(6/14/04)
The average cost for treatment of alcohol or drug abuse in outpatient facilities was an estimated $1,433 per course of treatment in 2002, according to a new report announced today by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
(5/25/04)
The proportion of admissions to substance abuse treatment for abuse of narcotic prescription medications, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine has increased in the past ten years, while admissions to treatment for cocaine abuse declined.
(5/17/04)
The New York Times highlighted SAMHSA resources in the article "Help for Older People with Alcohol Problems" by Bonnie Rothman Morris. Morris pointed out some of the dangers of alcohol misuse among older adults and suggested effective strategies for getting treatment.
(5/21/04)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Administration on Aging (AoA), agencies under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today released public education materials to warn older Americans of the dangers of mixing certain prescription drugs or prescription medications and alcohol.
(5/11/04)
Thousands of Americans with substance use disorders will have the opportunity to choose their treatment options for recovery under Access to Recovery, a new $100 million discretionary grant program for states.
(3/3/04)
A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that almost 5 million alcohol-dependent or alcohol-abusing parents have at least one child living at home with them.
(2/11/04)
Methadone-associated deaths are not being caused primarily by methadone diverted from methadone treatment programs, a panel of experts convened by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), reported.
(2/6/04)
More youth entered substance abuse treatment facilities in 2001, with most of the increase due to abuse of marijuana, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today.
(1/29/04)
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
View these PSAs online, which are being made available to radio and television stations nationwide. Broadcasters are invited to request copies of the PSAs, which are available in a variety of broadcast-quality formats.
Biographies
View biographies of Tommy Thompson, Charles Curie, Westley Clark, and Beverly Watts-Davis.
SAMHSA's Media Services
News media requests for information on SAMHSA's substance abuse and mental health programs should be directed to Media Services at 301-443-8956.
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