Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Among American Indians and Alaska Natives:  2002

The DASIS Report: Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Among American Indians and Alaska Natives:  2002

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Highlights:

• In 2002, SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) received reports of 39,463 American Indian / Alaska Native substance abuse treatment admissions. Of these admissions, 34,324 (87%) were American Indians and 5,139 (13%) were Alaska Natives.

• The percentage of American Indian or Alaska Native admissions entering treatment for illicit drugs increased from 23.6% of all American Indian or Alaska Native admissions in 1994 to 37.1% of all such American Indian or Alaska Native admissions in 2002.

• In 2002, alcohol remained the primary substance of abuse for American Indian / Alaska Native substance abuse treatment admissions. American Indian or Alaska Native admissions were more likely to report alcohol as their primary substance of abuse than all other admissions (63% vs. 42%) and less likely to report opiates (8% vs. 18%) or cocaine (13% vs. 5%) than all other admissions.

• American Indian / Alaska Native substance abuse treatment admissions were more likely to initiate substance use at age 14 or younger (46% vs. 32%) compared with all other racial / ethnic groups.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Among American Indians and Alaska Natives:  2002,  is based on SAMHSA's 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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