The DASIS Report: Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older - - Alcohol Alone vs. Alcohol Plus a Secondary Drug, 2003

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Highlights:

• Of all substance abuse treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2003, 64% involved alcohol, and 42% involved alcohol as the primary substance of abuse. 

• Among primary alcohol treatment admissions aged 21 or older, admissions for only alcohol were more likely to be White than admissions for alcohol plus a secondary drug (70% vs. 58%).

• Substance abuse treatment admissions aged 21 or older for alcohol plus a secondary drug were almost twice as likely to enter residential/rehabilitative services as admissions for alcohol only (20% vs. 11%). 

• As a proportion of all substance abuse treatment admissions aged 21 or older, admissions for alcohol only and admissions for alcohol plus a secondary drug decreased from 1993 to 2003.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older - - Alcohol Alone vs. Alcohol Plus a Secondary Drug, 2003,  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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