The
DASIS Report: Trends in Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Admissions
to Treatment, 1993-2003
Highlights:
- According to SAMHSA's
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 47 of the 50 States distinguish
between methamphetamines and amphetamines as primary substances of
abuse in their reporting to TEDS. In these 47 States, methamphetamine
was the primary drug in 86% of the combined methamphetamine/ amphetamine
treatment admissions in 2003. Arkansas, Oregon, and Texas do not distinguish
between amphetamine and methamphetamine in their reporting of primary
substance of abuse in treatment admissions.
- Nationally, the rate
of substance abuse treatment admissions for primary methamphetamine/amphetamine
abuse increased between 1993 to 2003 from 13 per 100,000 to 56 admissions
per 100,000 population aged 12 or older.
- In 2003, 18 States
had rates in excess of the national rate (56 admissions per 100,000
population): 10 States were in the West, 6 were in the Midwest and
2 were in the South and none were in the Northeast.
- The highest rates
were in Oregon (251 admissions per 100,000), Hawaii (241 per 100,000),
Iowa (213 per 100,000), California (212 per 100,000), Wyoming (209
per 100,000), Utah (186 per 100,000), Nevada (176 per 100,000), Washington
State (143 per 100,000), Montana (133 per 100,000), Arkansas (130
admissions per 100,000 population), Nebraska (118 per 100,000), and
Oklahoma (117 per 100,000). All the rates for the States in the Northeast
were 5 or less per 100,000 population.
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This Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Trends in Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Admissions
to Treatment, 1993-2003, 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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