NORTH DAKOTA TEEN ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS

North Dakota Teen Drug Rehab

Adolescence (12 to 17 years) is a critical and vulnerable stage of human development, during which males and females experience different biological, social, and cognitive changes. During this life stage, millions of adolescents experiment with substance use and engage in behaviors that can affect healthy neurological and psychological development. Understanding the behavioral health differences between adolescent males and females can help to inform public health policy and build prevention and intervention programs that strategically target the different needs of adolescent males and females.

HIGHLIGHTS: ADOLESCENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION IN NORTH DAKOTA
• Approximately 5,000 (8.8 percent) adolescents in North Dakota used an illicit drug in the past month; 3,000 (6.1 percent) used marijuana, and 2,000 (4.6 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.

• 21.6 percent (11,000) of adolescents used alcohol in the past month, and 14.5 percent (7,000) engaged in binge drinking.

• Rates of alcohol dependence or abuse were significantly higher for females than males.

• Adolescent females were significantly more likely than adolescent males to need but not receive treatment for alcohol problems (11.7 v. 7.6 percent), but there were no significant differences in rates of unmet need for drug treatment between males and females (4.8 v. 4.2 percent).

• Adolescent females were significantly more likely than adolescent males to have experienced a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year (10.8 v. 6.4 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 NORTH DAKOTA
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.According to the combined 2003–2006 NSDUH.

• Approximately 5,000 (8.8 percent) of the 389,000 adolescents in North Dakota used an illicit drug in the past month; 3,000 (6.1 percent) used marijuana, and 2,000 (4.6 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.

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

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

• In North Dakota, 2,000 adolescent males and 1,000 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 (5.3 v. 6.5 percent).

Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in North Dakota

• 21.6 percent (11,000) of adolescents used alcohol in the past month, and 14.5 percent (7,000) 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 North Dakota adolescents were similar between males and females; 19.0 percent of males and 24.4 percent of females currently used alcohol, and 13.7 percent of males and 15.3 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.

ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE IN NORTH DAKOTA
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 North Dakota, rates of alcohol dependence or abuse were significantly higher for females than males; 2,000 males and 3,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol in the past year.

• Rates of illicit drug abuse or dependence were similar between North Dakota males and
female.

ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN NORTH DAKOTA
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:

• North Dakota showed a 1-day total of 2,301 clients in treatment, the majority of whom
(1,837 or 79.8 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients in
treatment on this date, 270 (11.7 percent) were under the age of 18

According to 2003–2006 TEDS data

• Adolescent males accounted for 57.7 percent (875) of the 1,517 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.

• Of the total male admissions, 21.9 percent were drug treatment admissions, 63.7 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, 10.6 percent were alcohol treatment, and 3.8 percent did not report type of treatment.

• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 16.1 percent were drug treatment, 62.7 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, 16.5 percent were alcohol treatment, 4.7 percent did not report type of treatment.

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

• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 85.5 percent (749) reported marijuana use, and 74.3 percent (651) reported alcohol use.

• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 75 percent (481) reported marijuana use, and 79.3 percent (508) reported alcohol use

• Further, 6.5 percent (98) of the total adolescent admissions reported methamphetamine use, 4 percent (35) of male admissions and 9.8 percent (63) of female admissions. 4.7 percent (72) of all admissions reported inhalants use, 3.7 percent (32) of male admissions and 6.2 percent (40) of female admission.

UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN NORTH DAKOTA
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,

There were no significant differences in rates of unmet need for drug treatment between
males and females (4.8 v. 4.2 percent).

North Dakota adolescent females were significantly more likely than adolescent males to
need but not receive treatment for alcohol problems (11.7 v. 7.6 percent).

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

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