The DASIS Report: Admissions
for Detoxification, 2001
Highlights
- In 2001,
the 436,000 admissions for detoxification accounted for 25% of all substance abuse
treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
- Among
the detoxification admissions, the
primary substance of abuse was alcohol (50%), opiates (33%), cocaine (10%), marijuana
(2%), stimulants (2%), and other drugs (3%).
- Detoxification
admissions were more likely to have had five or more previous admissions (26%)
compared with all other admissions (9%).
- Compared
with all other substance abuse treatment admissions, detoxification admissions
were more likely to be Hispanic (17% vs. 11%) and older (average age 38 vs. 33),
and less likely to be employed full-time(16% vs. 29%).
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This Short Report,
The
DASIS Report: Admissions
for Detoxification, 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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