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Coerced Treatment Among Youths

The DASIS Report:  Coerced Treatment Among Youths:  1993 to 1998 

  Highlights:

  • The number of youths entering substance abuse treatment increased 46 percent between 1993 and 1998.
  • The increase in youth treatment admissions was largely driven by marijuana-involved admissions referred through the criminal justice system.
  • By 1998, almost half of all youth treatment admissions were through the criminal justice system.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Coerced Treatment Among Youths:  1993 to 1998, 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 SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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