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Substance Use Disorders in Substate Regions

The NSDUH Report - Substance Use Disorders in Substate Regions

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Data collected from more than 200,000 people between 2006 and 2008 show that substance use disorders vary extensively among regions within each State and throughout the country. For example, past year alcohol use disorders ranged from 4.8 percent in a substate region in southern Pennsylvania to 14.6 percent in a region in the District of Columbia, and past year illicit drug use disorders ranged from 1.5 percent in 2 substate regions in southern Pennsylvania to 6.7 percent in a region in the District of Columbia.

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This Short ,The NSDUH Report - Substance Use Disorders in Substate Regions, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State.

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