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American Indians and Alaska Natives in Substance Abuse Treatment

The DASIS Report: American Indians and Alaska Natives in Substance Abuse Treatment

Highlights:

  • In 1999, there were about 43,000 American Indian and Alaska Native admissions to publicly funded substance abuse treatment facilities. 

  • A higher proportion of American Indian/Alaska Native treatment admissions were female (35 percent) than among the total treatment population (30 percent). 

  • Among American Indians/Alaska Natives, admissions for alcohol abuse declined by 11 percent between 1994 and 1999, while admissions for illicit drugs increased by 78 percent.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: American Indians and Alaska Natives in Substance Abuse Treatment,  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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