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Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by Schools: 2000

 

The DASIS Report:  Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by Schools, 2000

 

Highlights:

  • Based on SAMHSA's 2000 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), about 10 percent (15,000) of substance abuse admissions aged 18 or younger were referred by schools.

  • Four States had rates of at least twice the national average of school referrals: South Carolina (32%), Hawaii (28%), New Hampshire (25%) and Virginia (22%). In four States, school referrals made up 2% or less of youth substance abuse admissions: Montana, Nevada, Missouri, and North Dakota.
  • School-referred youth admissions to substance abuse treatment mostly involved marijuana (56 percent) or alcohol (24 percent) as the primary substance of abuse.

  • Admissions referred by schools were more likely to be receiving treatment for the first time than admissions referred by other sources (85 vs. 66 percent).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by Schools, 2000, 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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