The
DASIS Report: Smoked Methamphetamine / Amphetamines, 1992-2002
Highlights:
- Smoked
methamphetamine/amphetamine is also referred to as "ice"
or "crystal meth." Based on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data
Set (TEDS), the rate of the primary methamphetamine/ amphetamine treatment
admissions who smoked methamphetamines or amphetamines was 50% in
2002 compared with 12% in 1992.
- In
1992, 36% of smoked methamphetamine / amphetamine admissions were
referred to treatment by the criminal justice system. By 2002, the
criminal justice system was the source of referral in 55% of the smoked
methamphetamine / amphetamine treatment admissions.
- In
2002, only one State (Ohio) had a decrease in the proportion of methamphetamine/
amphetamine admissions that smoked methamphetamines or amphetamines.
Hawaii continued to have over 90% of its methamphetamine/ amphetamine
admissions that smoked the drug. In nine States, over 50% of the methamphetamine/
amphetamine admissions smoked the drug in 2002 and for five of these
States (Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, Utah, and Washington State) their
rate of smoked methamphetamine/ amphetamine was 10% or less in 1992.
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This Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Smoked Methamphetamine / Amphetamines, 1992-2002,
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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