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1993-2003 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Report of Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions

Table 3.12
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to criminal justice referral (detail) and days waiting to enter treatment: TEDS 2003
Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions - Supplemental Data Set.1]
Criminal justice referral (detail) and days waiting to enter treatment All admis-
sions		 Primary substance at admission
Alcohol Opiates Cocaine Mari-
juana/
hashish		 Stimulants Tran-
quil-
izers		 Seda-
tives		 Hallu-
cino-
gens		 PCP Inhal-
ants		 Other/
none
speci-
fied
Alcohol
only		 With
secondary
drug		 Heroin Other
 opiates		 Smoked
cocaine		 Other
route		 Metham-
phetamine/
amphet-
amine		 Other
stimu-
lants
Total  1,840,275 426,076 341,200 272,782 50,946 180,810 68,608 284,361 135,716 1,227 7,980 4,121 2,187 4,086 1,167 59,008
Criminal justice referral (detail)                
Probation/parole  45.0  27.1  46.7  55.0  44.0  50.6  59.7  59.5  46.3  41.2  36.1  43.7  54.1  57.8  45.8  38.9
State/Federal court  17.1  22.7  20.1   6.8  22.0  10.5   7.6  13.7  20.5  10.4  20.3  13.2  10.1   6.4  24.9  13.9
Formal adjudication   2.1   1.3   1.3   5.1   3.0   2.4   1.9   2.3   2.4     - -   3.5   3.2   1.0   3.1   5.0   4.4
Other legal entity   7.3   4.4   6.2  11.2  10.0  14.2  10.3   8.3   4.2  13.7  12.3  10.3  10.9   6.7   5.5  10.9
DUI/DWI  10.7  24.4  12.2   0.9   5.0   0.9   1.9   2.0   0.8   7.1   9.4   7.6   2.9   3.2   2.5   9.4
Diversionary program   3.5   1.5   4.0   5.0   4.3   6.1   4.5   4.3   3.9   1.1   3.0   3.4   3.8   2.8   2.0   1.2
Prison   3.7   1.3   3.1   8.4   4.0   6.0   5.9   2.9   8.3   9.9   2.2   8.4   8.6   5.4   4.0  14.7
Other   10.6  17.3   6.3   7.5   7.8   9.4   8.3   7.0  13.5  16.5  13.2  10.1   8.8  14.7  10.4   6.7
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions  304,030 91,348 57,286 21,332 3,772 21,900 12,297 71,617 14,673 182 880 524 525 812 201 6,681
Days waiting to enter treatment                
None  57.7  54.8  55.2  53.8  58.5  66.5  63.9  58.8  59.8  61.7  62.1  67.4  60.2  69.4  69.0  54.0
1-7 days  23.7  24.8  24.6  30.6  24.8  21.2  20.3  22.1  20.0  10.7  20.5  18.3  16.1  15.0  16.4  19.8
8-14 days   6.7   7.4   7.2   5.7   5.2   4.7   5.6   7.2   7.3   8.8   5.3   4.6   7.3   5.6   4.9   7.9
15-30 days   5.8   6.2   6.3   4.4   3.7   4.1   5.4   6.3   7.2   6.5   4.4   5.5   6.1   7.9   4.0   7.8
More than 30 days   6.1   6.8   6.7   5.5   7.8   3.5   4.8   5.7   5.8  12.3   7.7   4.1  10.3   2.2   5.6  10.5
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions  461,174 106,982 76,836 49,794 16,398 52,017 17,919 86,306 26,896 261 1,762 1,205 590 862 426 22,920
1 Supplemental Data Set items are not reported by all States. See Table 4.4 for details.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05.