The DASIS Report:
Primary Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Treatment Admissions, 1992-2002
Highlights:
- According to SAMHSA's Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS), the primary methamphetamine/ amphetamine treatment admission
rate in the United States increased from 10 admissions per 100,000 to 52 admissions
per 100,000 population aged 12 or older between 1992 and 2002.
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Smoked methamphetamine/amphetamine
is often referred to as "ice." In 1992, 12% of primary methamphetamine
/ amphetamine admissions reported smoking as the primary route of administration
and 39% inhaled the substance. By 2002, 50% reported smoking as their primary
route of administration for methamphetamine / amphetamine and only 17% inhaled
it.
In
2002, 19 States had rates in excess of the national rate (52 admissions per 100,000
population): 10 States were in the West, 7 were in the Midwest and 2 were in the
South. The highest rates were in Oregon (324 admissions per 100,000), Hawaii (217
per 100,000), California (200 per 100,000), Iowa (198 per 100,000), Wyoming (167
per 100,000), Nevada (156 per 100,000), Washington State (150 per 100,000), and
Arkansas (125 admissions per 100,000 population).
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Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Primary Methamphetamine / Amphetamine Treatment Admissions,
1992-2002, 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). If you do not already have the Acrobat
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