Admissions for Detoxification: 2001

The DASIS Report:  Admissions for Detoxification, 2001

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• In 2001, the 436,000 admissions for detoxification accounted for 25% of all substance abuse treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).

• Among the detoxification admissions, the primary substance of abuse was alcohol (50%), opiates (33%), cocaine (10%), marijuana (2%), stimulants (2%), and other drugs (3%). 

• Detoxification admissions were more likely to have had five or more previous admissions (26%) compared with all other admissions (9%).

• Compared with all other substance abuse treatment admissions, detoxification admissions were more likely to be Hispanic (17% vs. 11%) and older (average age 38 vs. 33), and less likely to be employed full-time(16% vs. 29%).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Admissions for Detoxification, 2001, 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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