Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence Among Youth Who Have Been in a Jail or a Detention Center

The NSDUH Report: Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence Among Youth Who Have Been in a Jail or a Detention Center 

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Highlights:

• Based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2002, almost 1.5 million youths aged 12 to 17 had been in a jail or a detention center at least once in their lifetime.

• Youths who had been detained (that is, had ever been in a jail or a detention center) were more likely than youths who had never been in a jail or a detention center to have used illicit drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes in the past year.

• Past year substance abuse or dependence was almost 3 times higher among youths who had been in a jail or a detention center at least once in their lifetime than among youths who had never been in a jail or a detention center.

• Prescription type drugs were used in the past year by 21.2% of youth who had been in a jail or detention compared with 8.4% of the youth who had never been detained.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report: Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence Among Youth Who Have Been in a Jail or a Detention Center , is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health, formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NHSDA/NSDUH) 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.   The NHSDA/NSDUH also provides estimates for drug use by state.

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