Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

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• In SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), the substance abuse treatment admission rates for narcotic painkillers increased 155% between 1992 and 2002. The increase was smallest in large central metropolitan areas (58%) and greatest in the most rural areas ,i.e., non-metropolitan areas without a city (269%).

• Injecting narcotic painkillers among the treatment admissions for narcotic painkillers decreased from 25% in 1992 to 11% in 2002; this decrease occurred in all rural/urban groups.

• Taking narcotic painkillers orally increased from 66% to 77%; only the non-metropolitan areas without a city showed a decrease (from 76% to 69%).

• Inhaling narcotic painkillers increased from 3% to 8%; this increased in all rural/urban groups, especially in the non-metropolitan areas without a city (from 2% to 12%).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving Abuse of 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).  

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