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Treatment Admissions for Primary Alcohol Abuse Among Youth Aged 18-20; 2001

 

The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions for Primary Alcohol Abuse Among Youth Aged 18-20; 2001 

Highlights

  • In 2001, 60% of the 112,000 substance abuse treatment admissions aged 18-20 reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), involved alcohol.
  • Admissions aged 18-20 for alcohol only were more likely to have been referred by the criminal justice system (70%) than admissions for alcohol with a secondary drug (56%).  
  • Alcohol only treatment admissions aged 18-20 were less likely to have started using alcohol prior to the age of 13 than admissions for alcohol with a secondary drug (12% vs. 23%). 

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions for Primary Alcohol Abuse Among Youth Aged 18-20; 2001, 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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