Treatment Trends

In Fiscal Year 1995, there were nearly 1.9 million admissions to publicly funded substance abuse treatment.

• About 54 percent were alcohol treatment admissions; and nearly 46 percent were for illicit drug abuse treatment.
• Fifty-six percent were White, followed in number by African Americans (26 percent), Hispanics (7.7 percent), Native Americans (2.2 percent), and Asians and Pacific Islanders (0.6 percent).
• The largest number of illicit drug treatment admissions, were for cocaine (38.3 percent), followed by heroin (25.5 percent), and marijuana (19.1 percent).
• Fifty-nine percent of admissions were to treatment in an ambulatory environment.

For other information on treatment trends, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/oasftp.htm, or call the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.

Source: State Resources and Services Related to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems for Fiscal Year 1995: An Analysis of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Profile Data, written by the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), July 1997. Copies can be obtained from NASADAD at 202-293-0090.