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newThe NSDUH Report:  Cigar Use among Young Adults Aged 18 to 25   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health provides trend data on cigar use among young adults from 2002 to 2007. Cigar use in this age group was 3 times greater among males than females. During this time, cigar use in the past month among males climbed steadily from 16.8% to peak at 19.7% in 2004 and declined to 18.4% in 2007. Among females, the rates remained relatively stable ranging from 5.1% to 5.8% at the peak in 2004. Younger adults were more likely to smoke cigars currently than the older adults in this age group: 14.5% of those age 18 or 19 smoked cigars in the past month compared to 8.5% of those age 24 or 25. Nearly two-thirds of past month cigar users also smoked cigarettes during the past month (65.1% of the male current cigar smokers and 69.2% of the female current cigar smokers).

newThe NSDUH Report:  Serious Psychological Distress and Receipt of Mental Health Services  SAMHSA's 2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) found that 10.9% of adults aged 18 or older (24.3 million) experienced serious psychological distress (SPD) in the past year.  Of the adults who experienced serious psychological distress in the past year, less than half (44.6%) received mental health services during that time.  Young adults aged 18 to 25 with serious psychological distress were less likely than other adults with serious psychological distress to have received mental health services: 29.4% of those aged 18 to 25; 47.2% of those aged 26 to 49, and 53.8% of those aged 50 or older with past year serious psychological distress received mental health services in the past year.  Of the adults with past year serious psychological distress, 6.9% received all three types of mental health services (inpatient, outpatient, and prescription medication), 43.3% received only outpatient services and prescription medication, and 34.7% received only prescription medication.

newThe NSDUH Report:  Marijuana Use and Perceived Risk of Use among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007   Based on SAMHSA's annual National Surveys on Drug Use and Health from 2002 to 2007, past month marijuana use among adolescents (i.e., youths aged 12 to 17) generally decreased from 2002 (8.2%) to 2005 (6.8%), and then remained constant between 2005 and 2007.   The percentage of adolescents who perceived great risk from smoking marijuana once a month increased between 2002 (32.4%) and 2003 (34.9%), and then remained relatively stable between 2003 and 2007.   Adolescents who perceived great risk from smoking marijuana once a month were much less likely to have used marijuana in the past month than those who perceived moderate to no risk (1.4% vs. 9.5%).

The TEDS Report: TEDS Report Definitions   SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) is a major national data collection system from SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies that produces an annual report of the demographic characteristics and substance abuse problems of admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities. In addition, trend data are provided for monitoring changing patterns in substance abuse treatment admissions and discharges.  TEDS produces data on both admissions and discharges from substance abuse treatment facilities that report to individual State administrative data systems. In general, facilities reporting TEDS data are those that receive State alcohol and/or drug agency funds (including Federal Block Grant funds) for the provision of alcohol and/or drug treatment services.  TEDS provides data on about 1.8 million admissions annually and has been useful to people involved in substance abuse treatment resource allocation and program planning.  This report provides the definitions for terms used in TEDS reports for the following topics: substances of abuse, treatment service characteristics, referral sources, prior substance abuse treatment, client characteristics, geographic characteristics, and discharge characteristics.

Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2006:  National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits

The NSDUH Report: Participation in Self-help Groups for Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use, 2006 and 2007   Combined 2006 to 2007 data from SAMHSA's National Surveys on Drug Use and Health indicate that an annual average of 5 million persons aged 12 or older (2%) attended a self-help group in the past year because of their use of alcohol or illicit drugs.   Among persons aged 12 or older who attended self-help groups in the past year, 45.3% attended a self-help group because of their alcohol use only, 21.8% attended a self-help group because of their illicit drug use only,and 33.0% attended a self-help group because of their use of both alcohol and illicit drugs.   Among past year self-help group participants aged 12 or older, 45.1% abstained from any alcohol or illicit drug use in the past month.   Almost one-third (32.7%) of persons aged 12 or older who attended a self-help group for their alcohol or illicit drug use in the past year also received special treatment for substance use in the past year.

2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML)  (PDF format): provides the latest data on prevalence and correlates of substance use, serious psychological distress, depression, related problems, and treatment in the civilian population aged 12 or older in the U.S.

Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS):  2005 Discharges from Substance Abuse Treatment Services (HTML)    (PDF format) Providing data on treatment completion rates by type of substance abuse care (inpatient, outpatient, hospital, methadone maintenance, etc.)

2004-2006 full subState report on State treatment planning areas (HTML) : New SubState report containing substance use prevalence, depression & serious psychological stress measures by State treatment planning areas  (PDF format recommended for printing)

State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2005-2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (HTML)       (PDF format)

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