The DASIS Report: Treatment
Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update Highlights:
- Between 1997 and 2002, the number of treatment
admissions involving narcotic painkillers in SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set
(TEDS) increased more than the overall increase in treatment admissions or the
increase in admissions for primary heroin abuse.
- The
number of treatment admissions in which narcotic painkillers were involved not
only doubled between 1992 and 2000 but continued to increased even more between
2000 and 2002.
- The proportion of
new users of narcotic painkillers (those entering treatment within 3 years of
beginning use) increased from 26% in 1997 to 39% in 2002.
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By 2002, 31 States had an admission rate for narcotic painkillers of at least
24 per 100,000 persons age 12 or older. Five of the 6 New England States reported
the highest rates in the nation, ranging from 89 per 10,000 in Connecticut to
207 per 100,000 in Maine.
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Short Report, The DASIS Report: Treatment
Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update, 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). Click
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