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The
DASIS Report: Heroin - - Changes in How It Is Used, 1995-2005
Highlights:
- Based
on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), annual admissions to
substance abuse treatment for primary heroin abuse increased from
228,000 in 1995 to 254,000 in 2005. However, the proportion of primary
heroin admissions remained steady at about 14% to 15% of all substance
abuse treatment admissions.
- The
proportion of primary heroin admissions who injected heroin declined
from 69% in 1995 to 63% in 2005.
- The
proportion who inhaled heroin increased from 27% among the primary
heroin admissions in 1995 to 33% in 2005.
- The
proportion of primary heroin injection admissions for which medication-assisted
opioid therapy was planned declined from 55% in 1995 to 31% of the
primary heroin injection admissions in 2005.
- However,
for primary heroin inhalation admissions, the proportion of planned
medication-assisted opioid therapy remained stable at about 30% of
primary heroin inhalation admissions during the decade.
Reports
on heroin, opiates & injecting drug use
Reports
on treatment
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topics
Other
OAS publications and services
This Short
Report, The DASIS Report:
Heroin - - Changes in How It Is Used, 1995-2005 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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