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Heroin
Use Rising Among Teens in Colorado
Information provided in this page is the data described in
the Adolescent Behavioral Health reports derive principally
from national surveys conducted by the Office of Applied Studies,
a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration. Sources for all data used in this report appear
at the end.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE BY ADOLESCENTS
IN COLORADO
• Approximately 46,000 (11.8 percent) in Colorado used
an illicit drug in the past month; 36,000 (9.3 percent) used
marijuana, and 21,000 (5.5 percent) used an illicit drug other
than marijuana.
• 17,000 adolescent males and 14,000 adolescent females
used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to
the interview.
• 19.7 percent of adolescent males and 21.9 percent
of adolescent females currently used alcohol.
• 12.9 percent of adolescent males and 10.2 percent
of adolescent females engaged in binge drinking in the month
prior to the interview.
• Rates of alcohol and drug dependence or abuse were
similar between males and females; 19,000 males and 19,000
females abused or were dependent on alcohol or drugs in the
past year.
• Colorado females were almost three times as likely
as Colorado males to have experienced a major depressive episode
(MDE) in the past year (15.3 v. 5.6 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN COLORADO
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States.3 According to the
combined 2003-2006 NSDUH:
• Approximately 46,000 (11.8 percent) of the 389,000
adolescents in Colorado used an illicit
drug in the past month; 36,000 (9.3 percent) used marijuana,
and 21,000 (5.5 percent) used
an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and
females in Colorado.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth in Colorado is also
a major public health concern.
• 17,000 adolescent males and 14,000 adolescent females
used pain relievers nonmedically in
the 12 months prior to the interview.
• Rates of past year nonmedical pain reliever use were
similar between males and females in
Colorado (7.2 v. 8.5 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Colorado
• 20.8 percent of adolescents (81,000) used alcohol
in the past month, and 11.6 percent
(45,000) engaged in binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined
as 5 or more drinks on the
same occasion on at least 1 day of past 30 days.
• Rates of current alcohol use and past month binge
drinking among Colorado adolescents
were similar between males and females; 19.7 percent of males
and 21.9 percent of females
currently used alcohol, and 12.9 percent of males and 10.2
percent of females engaged in
binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE IN COLORADO
According to the 20032006 NSDUH:
Nationwide nearly 1.5 million adolescents were dependent
on or abused alcohol in the past year and more than 1.2 million
adolescents were dependent or abused illicit drugs.
Overall, the rates of past-year abuse or dependence on alcohol
were significantly higher for females than males (6.0 v. 5.4
percent), but rates of past-year abuse or dependence on illicit
drugs were similar between males and females.
In Colorado, rates of alcohol and drug dependence or abuse
were similar between males and females; 19,000 males and 19,000
females abused or were dependent on alcohol or drugs.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN COLORADO
State treatment data for substance use disorders are derived
from two primary sources: (1) National Survey of Substance
Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual 1-day census
of clients in treatment and (2) the Treatment Episode Data
Set (TEDS), which provides information on annual treatment
admissions.
According to the 2006 N-SSATS survey:
• Colorado showed a 1-day total of 33,264 clients in
treatment, the majority of whom
(31,591 or 95 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in
treatment on this date, 2,717 (8.2 percent) were under the
age of 18.
According to 20032006 TEDS data:
Males accounted for 67.2 percent (7,904) of the 11,755 total
adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
Of the total male admissions, 37.7 percent were other drug
only treatment admissions, 51.2 percent were alcohol and drug
treatment, and 11.1 percent were alcohol only treatment.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 34 percent were
other drug only treatment, 50.2 percent were alcohol and drug
treatment, and 15.8 percent were alcohol only treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Colorado, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 86.2 percent
(6,814) reported marijuana use, and
62.3 percent (4,926) reported alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 76.1 percent
(2,929) reported marijuana use, and 66 percent (2,542) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 11 percent (1,548) of the total adolescent
admissions reported methamphetamine use, 9.4 percent (740)
of male admissions and 21 percent (808) of female admissions.
Similarly, 11 percent (1,341) of total admissions reported
cocaine use, 10 percent (807) of male admissions and 13.6
percent (534) of female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN COLORADO
NSDUH 20032006 estimates that more than 1.16 million adolescents
needed but did not receive treatment for illicit drug problems
and more than 1.3 million needed but did not receive treatment
for alcohol problems. NSDUH defines unmet treatment need
as an individual who meets the criteria for abuse of or dependence
on illicit drugs or alcohol according to the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV),
but who has not received specialty treatment for that problem
in the past year.
In 20032006,
• There were no significant differences in rates of
the unmet need for treatment between males and females.
• 20,000 Colorado adolescents (12,000 males and 9,000
females) needed but did not receive
treatment for past year drug problems.
• 15,000 females (8.1 percent) and 12,000 males (5.8
percent) needed but did not receive
treatment for alcohol problems.
TOLL FREE TEEN DRUG REHAB HELP LINE IN COLORADO:
1-888-757-6237
or e-mail
us.
Sources:
Facility Data: National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (N-SSATS)–2006 is available at: http://www.dasis.samhsa.gov.
Center for Mental Health Services Uniform Reporting
System Output Tables 2006 is available at: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.
gov/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics/URS2006.asp
Substance Abuse Treatment Data: Treatment
Episode Data Set–Concatenated File–is available
from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive: http://www.
icpsr.umich.edu/SDA/SAMHDA.
Mental Health Treatment Data: Center for Mental
Health Services Uniform Reporting System Output Tables 2006
is available at: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/ MentalHealthStatistics/URS2006.asp
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