Population Groups and Substance Use

 

• Criminal Justice System

• Government Assistance Recipients

• Homeless

• New Drug Users 

• Older Adults 

• Racial and Ethnic Groups

• Veterans

• Women

• Workers and Workplace

• Youth

Government Assistance Recipients

 An estimated 27 million persons aged 12 to 64 lived in families that received government assistance in the year prior to the interview.  For their alcohol and illicit drug use rates, see   The NHSDA Report:  Substance Use Among Persons in Families Receiving Government Assistance.

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2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health Detailed Tables:

• Government assistant programs (Go to tables 7.90 - 7.104)

Data Tables with government assistance as a variable:

• Adult (age 18 and older) mental health treatment/counseling, 2000 & 2001 (PDF format) --  Number and percent of (1) any mental health treatment, (2) inpatient, outpatient, and prescription medication treatment, and (3) unmet need for mental health treatment/counseling by socioeconomic demographics & geographic variables, family income, government assistance, and any illicit drug use  (Tables 8.35A - 8.40B).  

• Substance use by adult mental health treatment/counseling , 2000 & 2001 (PDF format) -- Number & percent of past year users of any illicit drugs, marijuana, nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs, cigarettes, & alcohol by receipt & perceived need for mental health treatment/counseling by sociodemographics, government assistance, and geographic variables (Tables 8.41A - 8.50B).

Homeless

The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002

The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2000

New Drug Users, Initiation of Drug Use

• The NSDUH Report:  Seasonality of Youth's First Time Use of Marijuana, Cigarettes, or Alcohol

2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

• Chapter:  Trends in Initiation of Substance Use
  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Marijuana
  • Cocaine
  • Heroin
  • Hallucinogens
  • Inhalants
  • Psychotherapeutics
  • Incidence Tables (PDF format, Go to tables 4.1 - 4.14):   (marijuana, cocaine, crack, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and psychotherapeutics)
    • Male new users:  (PDF format, Go to tables 4.20 - 4.33)
    • Female new users:  (PDF format, Go to tables 4.39 - 4.52)

2001 Data:

• 2001 Data Tables:  Trends in Estimated New Users of Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, Hallucinogens, Inhalants, Pain Relievers, Tranquilizers, Stimulants, Sedatives, Alcohol, Cigarettes, Daily Cigarette Use, Smokeless Tobacco, & Cigars (1965-2000):  Data Tables #H 35-54

• Discussion from 2001 NHSDA:  Trends in Initiation of Substance Use (HTML format)     PDF format
       Marijuana
       Cocaine
       Heroin
       Hallucinogens
       Inhalants
       Psychotherapeutics
       Alcohol
       Tobacco 

• Initiation of Tobacco & Patterns of Use

• The NHSDA Report:  Characteristics of New Marijuana Users

• The NHSDA Report:  How Youths Get Cigarettes

• Use of Incidence and Prevalence in the Substance Use Literature:  A Review  (PDF format, 116 KB)

• Trends in Initiation of Substance Use Chapter in 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

• Initiation of Substance Use (Tables H.42 - H.55)  - data from 2001 NHSDA

• Initiation of Marijuana Use:  Trends, Patterns and Implications

2000 Data:

• Trends In Initiation of Substance Use:  Findings from the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Older Adults

• The DASIS Report:  Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2001 

• Substance Use by Older Adults:  Estimates of Future Impact on the Treatment System

• The NHSDA Report:  Serious Mental Illness Among Adults

• The DASIS Report:  Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment

• The NHSDA Report:  Substance Use Among Older Adults

Veterans

• According to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), more than 120,000 admissions to substance abuse treatment in 2000 were homeless at time of admission.  Admissions who were homeless were more likely to be veterans and were older (average age 38 years) than admissions who were not homeless (age 33).   Among the homeless:  whites were most likely to be admitted for alcohol (61%) and opiates (17%); Blacks for alcohol (37%), smoked cocaine (37%), and opiates (15%); Hispanics for alcohol (48%) and opiates (33%); American Indians/Alaska Natives for alcohol (80%); and Asian/Pacific Islanders for alcohol (45%), stimulants (21%), and opiates (13%).  See The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment. 

• Utilization of Veterans Health Services for Substance Abuse:  A Study of Aging Baby Boomer Veterans

• The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Substance Abuse Facilities Owned by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2000

• The NHSDA Report:  Illicit Drug Use Among Veterans (2000 and 2001)

• The NHSDA Report:  Alcohol Use Among Veterans

• The DASIS Report:  Veterans in Substance Abuse Treatment

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This page was last updated on October 05, 2004.

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