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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 SOUTH CAROLINA
• Approximately 34,000 (9.5 percent) of adolescents
in South Carolina used an illicit drug
in the past month; 21,000 (5.8 percent) used marijuana,
and 19,000 (5.2 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 13,000 adolescent males and 13,000 adolescent females
in South Carolina used pain relievers non-medically in the
12 months prior to the interview.
• 13.0 percent (47,000) of adolescents
used alcohol in the past month and 7.6 percent
(27,000) engaged in binge drinking.
• Adolescent males were significantly
more likely than adolescent females to need but did not receive
addiction treatment for past-year drug problems (5.6
v. 2.9 percent).
• Adolescent females were more than three times as likely
as adolescent males to have experienced a major depressive
episode (MDE) in the past year (13.0 v. 3.5 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 34,000 (9.5 percent) of the 359,000
adolescents in South Carolina used an illicit
drug in the past month; 21,000 (5.8 percent) used marijuana,
and 19,000 (5.2 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and females in South Carolina.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth in South
Carolina is also a major public health concern.
• In South Carolina, 13,000 adolescent males and 13,000
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 (7.5 v. 7.0 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in South Carolina
• 13.0 percent (47,000) of adolescents
used alcohol in the past month, and 7.6 percent
(27,000) 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 among South Carolina
adolescents were similar between males and females;
13.1 percent of males and 13.0 percent of females currently
used alcohol, but rates of past-month binge
drinking were significantly higher for adolescent
males than females (9.6 v. 5.4 percent)
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
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 South Carolina, adolescent males were significantly more
likely than adolescent females to have experienced past-year
illicit drug dependence (6.1 v. 3.1 percent) and illicit
drug or alcohol dependence or abuse (9.1 v. 5.9 percent).
• Rates of alcohol abuse or dependence, illicit
drug dependence, and alcohol dependence or abuse
were similar between males and females; 8,000 males and 7,000
females abused or were dependent on alcohol in the past year
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
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:
• South Carolina showed a 1-day total of 13,469 clients
in treatment, the majority of whom (12,791 or 95 percent)
were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients
in treatment on this date, 1,517 (11.3 percent) were under
the age of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 73.8 percent (10,065) of
the 13,638 total adolescent substance abuse treatment
admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 56.5 percent were drug
treatment admissions, 33.0 percent were alcohol
and drug treatment, 10.2 percent were alcohol treatment,
and 0.2 percent did not report type of treatment.
• Of the total male admissions, 49.9 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 26.6 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 5.5 percent were alcohol treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 40.1 percent
were drug treatment, 21.9 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 8.1 percent were alcohol treatment
Among adolescent admissions in South Carolina, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 74.4 percent (7,492)
reported marijuana use and 32.1 percent (3,231)
reported alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 56.6 percent
(2,022) reported marijuana use and 29.9 percent (1,069) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 5.8 percent of total admissions reported
cocaine use, 4.5 percent (449) of male admissions
and 9.5 percent (339) of female admissions
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN SOUTH
CAROLINA
NSDUH 2003–2006
• Rates of unmet need for past-year alcohol problems
were similar between adolescent males and females in South
Carolina.
• Adolescent males in South Carolina were
significantly more likely than adolescent females to need
but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems
(5.6 v. 2.9 percent)
• 7,000 females (3.9 percent) and 7,000 males (3.8 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.
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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