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Do you have a teen
or pre-teen loved one that suffers from drug and/or alcohol abuse?
"Underage drinking presents an enormous public health issue. Alcohol
is the drug of choice among children and adolescents. Annually, about 5,000
youth under age 21 die from motor vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries,
and homicides and suicides that involve underage drinking."
"In 2006, 1.4 million youth ages 12 to 17 needed treatment for an alcohol
problem. Of this group, only 101,000 of them received any treatment at a
specialty facility."
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DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENS IN MARYLAND
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Stories from Maryland on Teen Heroin Addiction
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 MARYLAND
• In Maryland approximately 41,000 (8.4 percent) of adolescents
in Maryland used an illicit drug in the past month; 32,000 (6.6
percent) used marijuana, and 17,000 (3.5 percent) used an illicit
drug other than marijuana.
• 9,000 males and 15,000 adolescent females used pain
relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
• 14.4 percent of males and 16.9 percent of adolescents
females used alcohol in the past month, and 9.6 percent of males
and 8.4 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the
month prior to the interview.
• 21,000 Maryland adolescents needed but did not receive
treatment for past-year drug problems.
• 14,000 females (5.9) and 11,000 males (4.6 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems
• Adolescent females were more than three times as likely
as adolescent males to have experienced a major depressive episode
(MDE) in the past year (13.8 v. 4.4percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN MARYLAND
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 41,000 (8.4 percent) of the 487,000 adolescents
in Maryland used an illicit drug in the past month; 32,000 (6.6
percent) used marijuana, and 17,000 (3.5 percent) used an illicit
drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and
females in Maryland.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern.
• In Maryland, 9,000 adolescent males and 15,000 adolescent
females used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior
to the interview
• Adolescent females were significantly more likely than
adolescent males to have used pain relievers nomedically in
the past year.
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Maryland
• In Maryland 15.6 percent of adolescents (76,000) used
alcohol in the past month, and 9.0 percent (44,000) 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 Maryland adolescents were similar between males and females;
14.4 percent of males and16.9 percent of females currently used
alcohol, and 9.6 percent of males and 8.4 percent of females
engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE
IN MARYLAND
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 Maryland, rates of alcohol and drug dependence or abuse
were similar between males and females; 17,000 males and 19,000
females abused or were dependent on alcohol or drugs in the
past year.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MARYLAND
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:
• Maryland showed a 1-day total of 35,224 clients in treatment,
the majority of whom
(32,683 or 92.8 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in
treatment on this date, 2,201 (6.2 percent) were under the age
of 18.
According to 20032006 TEDS data:
Adolescent males accounted for 75 percent (17,377) of the
23,175 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
Of the total male admissions, 35.7 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 55.8 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and
4.4 percent were alcohol treatment and 4.1 percent did not report
the type of treatment.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 29.5 percent were
drug treatment, 53.2 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 8.3 percent were alcohol treatment and 8.9 did not report
the type of treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Maryland, marijuana and alcohol
were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
Of the total adolescent male admissions, 89.1 percent (15,486)
reported marijuana use, and 60.2 percent (10,464) reported alcohol
use.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 74.8 percent (4,335)
percent reported marijuana use, and 61.6 percent (3,569) reported
alcohol use.
Further, 8.4 percent of total admissions reported cocaine
use, 6.4 percent (1,105) of male admissions and 14.4 percent
(834) of female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MARYLAND
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.
21,000 Maryland adolescents (9,000 males and 12,000 females)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems.
14,000 females (5.9 percent) and 11,000 males (4.6 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year alcohol problems.
TOLL FREE TEEN DRUG REHAB HELP LINE IN MARYLAND:
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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