The
DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers
Highlights:
- In
SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the number of treatment
admissions in which narcotic painkillers were involved was relatively
stable between 1992 and 1997 but doubled between 1992 and 2000. In 1992,
the treatment admission rate for narcotic painkiller abuse was 13 admissions
per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older. By 2000, it had increased to 27
admissions per 100,000.
- In
1992, five States had an admission rate for narcotic painkillers of
at least 24 per 100,000 persons age 12 or older. By 2000, 21 States
had an admission rate for narcotic painkillers of at least 24 per 100,000
persons age 12 or older.
- The
major change between 1997 and 2000 was the substantial increase in the
proportion of new users of narcotic painkillers (those entering treatment
within 3 years of beginning use).
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Data on Specific Drugs
Reports
on Substance Abuse Treatment
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Other OAS Publications and Services
This Short
Report, The DASIS Report: Treatment
Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers. 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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