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Veterans in Substance Abuse Treatment:  1995-2000

  The DASIS Report:  Veterans in Substance Abuse Treatment:  1995-2000

 

Highlights:

  • Based on SAMHSA's 2000 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the number of veterans admitted to substance abuse treatment exceeded 55,000 admissions; 3,000 of these were female veterans.

  • Female veteran admissions were less likely than male veteran admissions to report alcohol as their primary substance and more likely to report cocaine as their primary substance of abuse.

  • Between 1995 and 2000, the proportion of both veteran and non veteran admissions with a psychiatric problem in addition to a substance abuse problem increased.

  • In all years between 1995 and 2000, female veteran admissions had higher proportions of Blacks than did male veteran admissions.

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This Short Report,  The DASIS Report:  Veterans in Substance Abuse Treatment:  1995-2000  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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