DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENS IN IDAHO

Adolescent Rehab in Idaho

• 16.6 percent of adolescents (21,000) used alcohol in the past month, and 11.1 percent (14,000) engaged in binge drinking.

• 3,000 males (5 percent) and 3,000 females (5.3 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems in the past year, and 5,000 females (8.5 percent) and 5,000 males (7.5 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.

• Adolescent females in were more than two times likely as adolescent males to have experienced an medical depressive episode (MDE) in the past year (16.4 v. 6.2 percent).

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.

TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN IDAHO
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.3 According to the combined 2003–2006 NSDUH:

• Approximately 12,000 (9.2 percent) of the 129,000 adolescents in Idaho used an illicit drug in the past month; 8,000 (6.3 percent) used marijuana, and 6,000 (4.7 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.

• There were no significant differences in illicit drug use between adolescent males and females in Idaho.

The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public health concern.

• In Idaho, 5,000 males and 5,000 females used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.

• There were no significant differences in nonmedical pain reliever use between females and males in Idaho.

Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Idaho

• 16.6 percent of adolescents (21,000) used alcohol in the past month, and 11.1 percent (14,000) 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 Idaho adolescents were similar between males and females; 17.0 percent of males and 16.1 percent of females currently used alcohol, and 12.5 percent of males and 9.7 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.

ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE IN IDAHO
According to the 2003–2006 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.

• Rates of alcohol and drug dependence or abuse were similar between males and females in Idaho; 7,000 males and 7,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol or drugs in the past year.

ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN IDAHO
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:

• Idaho showed a 1-day total of 3,824 clients in treatment, the majority of whom (3,546 or 92.7 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 395 (10.3 percent) were under the age of 18.

According to 2003-2006 TEDS data:

• Males accounted for 62.3 percent (1,297) of the 2,083 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.

• Of the total male admissions, 26.4 percent were drug treatment admissions, 63.8 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 9.6 percent were alcohol treatment.

• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 30.7 percent were drug treatment, 60.3 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 8.7 percent were alcohol treatment.

Among adolescent admissions, marijuana and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.

• Of the total male admissions, 86.3 percent (1,119) reported marijuana use and 73.4 percent (952) reported alcohol use.

• Of the total female admissions, 82.8 percent (1,473) reported marijuana use and 69 percent (950) reported alcohol use.

•Further, 31 percent (645) of total adolescent admissions reported methamphetamine use, 302 (23.3 percent) male admissions and 318 (43.6 percent) female admissions.

UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN IDAHO
NSDUH 2003–2006 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 2003–2006,

• Rates of unmet needs for drug or alcohol treatment were similar between males and females in Idaho.

• 3,000 males (5 percent) and 3,000 females (5.3 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems in the past year.

• 5,000 females (8.5 percent) and 5,000 males (7.5 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.

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