DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENS IN MISSOURI

Teen Drug Rehab in Missouri - Article

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 MISSOURI

• Approximately 52,000 (10.5 percent) of adolescents in Missouri used an illicit drug in the past month; 36,000 (7.4 percent) used marijuana, and 27,000 (5.5 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.

• 19.4 percent of adolescents (95,000) used alcohol in the past month, and 12.8 percent (63,000) engaged in binge drinking.

• Rates of alcohol and drug dependence or abuse were similar between males and females; 25,000 males and 21,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol or drugs in the past year.

• 23,000 adolescents needed but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems, and 32,000 adolescents 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 (15.1 v. 4.8 percent).

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

• Approximately 52,000 (10.5 percent) of the 491,000 adolescents in Missouri used an illicit drug in the past month; 36,000 (7.4 percent) used marijuana, and 27,000 (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 Missouri.

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

• In Missouri, 19,000 adolescent males and 18,000 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 (7.4 v. 7.7 percent).

Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Missouri

• 19.4 percent of adolescents (95,000) used alcohol in the past month, and 12.8 percent (63,000) 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 Missouri adolescents were similar between males and females; 20.6 percent of males and 18 percent of females currently used alcohol, and 14.8 percent of males and 10.8 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview

ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE IN MISSOURI
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.

• In Missouri, rates of alcohol and drug dependence or abuse were similar between males and females; 25,000 males and 21,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol or drugs in the past year.

ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MISSOURI
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:

• Missouri showed a 1-day total of 20,163 clients in treatment, the majority of whom (18,221 or 90.4 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 2,134 (10.6 percent) were under the age of 18.

According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:

• Adolescent males accounted for 68.5 percent (9,256) of the 13,506 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.

• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 53.5 percent were drug treatment, 42.2 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 4.2 percent were alcohol treatment.

• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 28.7 percent were drug treatment, 65.9 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 4 percent were alcohol treatment.

• Of the total female admissions, 51.6 percent were drug treatment admissions, 41.5 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 6.8 percent were alcohol treatment.

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

• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 92.4 percent (8,557) reported marijuana use, and 46.5 percent (4,300) reported alcohol use.

• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 85.2 percent (3,667) percent reported marijuana use, and 48.4 percent (2,082) reported alcohol use.

• Further, 7.1 percent (957) of the total adolescent admissions reported cocaine use, 5.7 (525) percent of male admissions and 10 (432) percent of female admissions. Also, 8.8 percent of total admissions reported methamphetamine use, 6.6 (607) percent of male admissions and 13.6 (586) percent of female admissions.

UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MISSOURI
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.

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