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Louisiana
Bath Salt, K2 Abuse - Highest in the Nation
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.
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE BY TEENS IN LOUISIANA
• Approximately 37,000 (9.4 percent) adolescents in
Louisiana used an illicit drug in the past month; 23,000 (5.8
percent) used marijuana, and 10,000 (5.9 percent) used an
illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 19,000 males and 15,000 females used pain relievers
nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
• 19.3 percent (76,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 12.0 percent (47,000) engaged in binge
drinking.
• 10,000 males and 8,000 females needed but did not
receive treatment for drug problems in the past year, and
8,000 females (4.2 percent) and 11,000 males (5.6 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year alcohol
problems.
• Louisiana adolescent females were more than three
times as likely as adolescent males to have experienced a
major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year (11 v. 3.3
percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN LOUISIANA
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the
combined 2003–2006 NSDUH:
Approximately 37,000 (9.4 percent) of the 394,000 adolescents
in Louisiana used an illicit
drug in the past month; 23,000 (5.8 percent) used marijuana,
and 10,000 (5.9 percent) used
an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and
females in Louisiana.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a
major public health concern.
• In Louisiana, 19,000 adolescent males and 19,000 adolescent
females used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months
prior to the interview.
• There was no significant difference in rates of nonmedical
pain reliever use between females and males (7.9 v. 9.5 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Louisiana
• 19.3 percent (76,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 12.0 percent (47,000) 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 Louisiana adolescents were similar for males
and females; 19.5 percent of males and 19 percent females
currently used alcohol, and 13.1 percent of males and 10.9
percent females engaged in binge drinking.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE IN LOUISIANA
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.
• There were no significant differences in Louisiana
between adolescent males and females on measures of illicit
drug abuse or dependence or alcohol abuse or dependence.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN LOUISIANA
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:
• Louisiana showed a 1-day total of 9,280 clients in
addiction treatment, the majority of whom (7,667 or 82.6 percent)
were in outpatient addicton treatment. Of the total number
of clients in treatment on this date, 601 (6.5 percent) were
under the age of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 76.1 percent (6,078)
of the 7,987 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 56.6 percent were drug
treatment admissions, 38.3 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
2.8 percent were alcohol treatment, and 5.4 percent did not
report type of treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 53.8 percent
were drug treatment, 38.4 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
3.4 percent were alcohol only.
Among adolescent admissions in Louisiana, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions,
92 percent (5,609) reported marijuana use and 41 percent (2,465)
reported alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 82 percent
(1,562) reported marijuana use and 42 percent (798) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 8.2 percent (496) of male admissions and
16 percent (305) of female admissions reported cocaine use.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN LOUISIANA
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,
• 10,000 males and 8,000 females in Louisiana needed but
did not receive treatment for drug problems in the past year.
• 8,000 females (4.2 percent) and 11,000 males (5.6 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.
• There were no significant differences in unmet need
for alcohol treatment or drug treatment between males and females.
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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