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Vermont
Teen Addiction Treatment Programs
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 VERMONT
• Approximately 7,000 adolescents in Vermont used an illicit
drug in the past month; 6,000 used marijuana, and 3,000 used
an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• Adolescent males were significantly more likely than
females to have used marijuana in the past month.
• 20.1 percent of Vermont adolescents used alcohol in
the past month, and 13 percent (7,000) engaged in binge drinking.
• 1,000 females (4.7 percent) and 2,000 males (5.7 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems.
• 1,000 males (5.5 percent) and 2,000 females (6.9) needed
but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.
• Adolescent females in Vermont were more significantly
more likely than adolescent males to have experienced a major
depressive episode (MDE) in the past year (12.9 v. 3.9).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN VERMONT
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 7,000 (13.6 percent) of the 53,000 adolescents
in Vermont used an illicit drug in the past month; 6,000 (10.8
percent) used marijuana, and 3,000 (5.9 percent) used an illicit
drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use other than marijuana between adolescent males and females
in Vermont, but adolescent males were significantly more likely
than adolescents females to have used marijuana in the past
month.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern.
• In Vermont, 2,000 adolescent males and 2,000 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 (6.3 v. 8.5 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Vermont
• In Vermont 20.1 percent (11,000) of adolescents used
alcohol in the past month, and 13.0 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 Vermont adolescents were similar between males and females;
20.7 percent of males and 19.4percent of females currently used
alcohol, and 14.5 percent of males and 11.4 percent of females
engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE
IN VERMONT
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 Vermont, rates of past-year alcohol and drug dependence
or abuse were similar between males and females.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN VERMONT
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:
• Vermont showed a 1-day total of 3,726 clients in treatment,
the majority of whom
(3,476 or 93.3 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in
treatment on this date,549 (14.7 percent) were under the age
of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 62.6 percent (1,795) of the
2,795 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 27.0 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 60.8 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and
12.2 percent were alcohol treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 21.5 percent were
drug treatment, 62.1 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 16.4 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Vermont, marijuana and alcohol
were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 73 percent (932)
reported alcohol use, and 84.8 percent (1,082) reported marijuana
use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 76.6 percent (609)
percent reported marijuana use, and 78.5 percent (624) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 10.6 percent of total admissions reported other opiates
or synthetics use, 8.5 percent (149) of female admissions and
14.1 percent (147) of female admissions. 6.4 (132) pf the total
adolescent admissions reported cocaine use, 6.7 percent (86)
of adolescent male admissions and 5.8 percent (46) of female
admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN VERMONT
NSDUH 2003–2006
• Rates of unmet need for past year alcohol and drug problems
were similar between adolescent males and females in Vermont
• 1,000 females (4.7 percent) and 2,000 males (5.7 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment fro drug problem
• 1,000 males (5.5 percent) and 2,000 females (6.9 percent)
needed but did nt 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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