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Monday, March 19, 2007

Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older: Alcohol Only vs. Alcohol plus a Secondary Drug, 2005

Highlights:

  • About 374,000 adult admissions (aged 21 or older) to substance abuse treatment reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) reported alcohol as their only substance of abuse and 289,000 adult admissions reported alcohol plus a secondary drug.
  • Alcohol-only adult admissions were more likely than adult admissions reporting alcohol plus a secondary drug to have been referred to substance abuse treatment by the criminal justice system (41% vs. 33%).
  • Adult admissions admitted for alcohol plus a secondary drug were more likely than alcohol-only admissions to have a co-occurring psychological problem (25% vs. 16%).

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Primary Alcohol Admissions Aged 21 or Older: Alcohol Only vs. Alcohol plus a Secondary Drug, 2005, 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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