The DASIS Report:  Amphetamine Treatment Admissions Increase:  1993-1999

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• In 1993, amphetamine treatment admission rates were high in a few Western States - - California, Oregon, and Nevada.

• By 1999, high amphetamine treatment admission rates were seen in most States west of the Mississippi.

• Between 1993 and 1999, amphetamine treatment admission rates increased by 250 percent or more in 14 States and by 100 to 249 percent in another 10 States.

• Methamphetamine is the primary form of amphetamine seen in the United States and made up 94 percent of all amphetamine treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 1999.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Amphetamine Treatment Admissions Increase:  1993-1999 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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