DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENS IN UTAH

Teen Prescription Drug Abuse in Utah is on the Rise

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 UTAH
• Approximately 17,000 (7.2 percent) of adolescents in Utah used an illicit drug in the past month; 10,000 (4.2 percent) used marijuana, and 12,000 (5.2 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.

• 8,000 adolescent males and 8,000 adolescent females used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.

• 11.3 percent (26,000) of adolescents used alcohol in the past month and 7.5 percent (17,000) engaged in binge drinking.

• 16.0 percent of all substance abuse treatment admissions reported methamphetamines use, 9.7 percent (357) of male admissions and 29.5 percent (500) of female admissions.

• 5,000 females (4.2 percent) and 5,000 males (3.8 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.

• Adolescent females were more than two times as likely as adolescent males to have experienced a major drepressive episode (MDE) in the past year (12.9 v. 4.8 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 UTAN
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.3 According to the combined 2003–2006 NSDUH:

• Approximately 17,000 (7.2 percent) of the 231,000 adolescents in Utah used an illicit drug in the past month; 10,000 (4.2 percent) used marijuana, and 12,000 (5.2 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.

• There no significant differences in illicit drug use between adolescent males and females in Utah.

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

• In Utah, 8,000 adolescent males and 8,000 adolescent females used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.

• Rates of nonmedical pain reliever use in the year prior to the interview were similar between females and males (7.1 v. 6.4)

Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Utah

• 11.3 percent (26,000) of adolescent used alcohol in the past month, and 7.5 percent (17,000) engaged in binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as 5 or more drinks onthe same occasion on at least 1 day of past 30 days.

• Rates of current alcohol use and past-month binge drinking among Utah adolescents were simimlar between males and females; 11.6 percent of males and 10.9 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.

ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE IN Utah
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.

• Rates of alcohol abuse or dependence and drug or alcohol dependence were similar betwen males and females; 8,000 males and 8,000 females abused or were dependent on or abused alcohol or drugs in the past year.

ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN UTAH
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:

• Utah showed a 1-day total of 12,977 clients in treatment, the majority of whom (11,191 or 86.2 percent) were in outpatient addiction treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 1,587 or 12.2 percent were under the age of 18.

According to 2003-2006 TEDS data:

• Adolescent males accounted for 68.5 percent (4,135) of the 6,030 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.

• Of the total male admissions, 28.2 percent were drug treatment admissions, 63.8 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 7.4 percent were alcohol treatment.

• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 29.9 percent were drug treatment, 58.4 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 10.8 percent were alcohol treatment.

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

• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 71.8 percent (2,635) reported alcohol use and 89.5 percent (3,299) reported marijuana use.

• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 79.1 percent (1,498) reported marijuana use and 69.2 percent (1,172) reported alcohol use.

• Further, 7.9 percent (426) of the total admissions reported cocaine use, 6.4 percent (235) of male admissions and 11.3 percent (191) of female admissions. 16.0 percent of total admissions reported methamphetamines use, 9.7 percent (357) of male admissions and 29.5 percent (500) of female admissions.

UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN UTAH
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,

• Rates of unmet need for past-year alcohol and drug problems were similar between adolescent males and females in Utah.

• 5,000 males (4 percent) and 4,000 females (3.3 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems.

• 5,000 females (4.2 percent) and 5,000 males (3.8 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.

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