January 11, 2002 Heroin Treatment Admissions Increase: 1993-1999 |
In Brief |
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Treatment admission rates for primary heroin addiction increased in publicly funded facilities across the nation between 1993 and 1999. Several factors may have been responsible for this rise. First, high-purity heroin, which can be inhaled, was widely available. The effects of inhaling heroin, including addiction, are the same as injecting it. Second, although young adults had seen the long-term adverse effects of crack cocaine use, they knew relatively few long-term heroin users and were less aware of the consequences of heroin use. This phenomenon is known as "generational forgetting." For this report, heroin treatment admission rates per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older were calculated for each State for 1993 to 1999 using the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Although these rates included a substantial proportion of all heroin treatment admissions, they did not include heroin addicts seeking treatment in privately owned, for-profit methadone clinics. |
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In 1993, the treatment admission rate for primary heroin abuse in the United States was 95 admissions per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older. Three States had rates of 287 or more per 100,000, and 57 percent of reporting States had rates of less than 20 per 100,000.
By 1996, the admission rate for primary heroin abuse in the United States had increased by 7 percent, to 102 per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older. Five States had rates of 287 or more per 100,000. Heroin Treatment Admission Rates: 1999 By 1999, the admission rate for primary heroin abuse in the United States as a whole had increased to 105 per 100,000 persons aged 12 or older. Six States and the District of Columbia had rates of 287 or more per 100,000. Only 45 percent of reporting States had rates of less than 20 per 100,000. |
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Admissions per 100,000 Aged 12 or Older
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Source: 1999 SAMHSA Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
Source: 1999 SAMHSA Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
Source: 1999 SAMHSA Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
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