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"Underage drinking presents an enormous public health issue. Alcohol
is the drug of choice among children and adolescents. Annually, about 5,000
youth under age 21 die from motor vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries,
and homicides and suicides that involve underage drinking."
"In 2006, 1.4 million youth ages 12 to 17 needed treatment for an alcohol
problem. Of this group, only 101,000 of them received any treatment at a
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DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENS IN ALABAMA
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on Alabama Drug and Alcohol Abuse
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 ALABAMA
• Approximately 40,000 (10.4 percent) adolescents in Alabama
used an illicit drug in the past month; 23,000 (6.1 percent)
used marijuana, and 24,000 (6.3 percent) used an illicit drug
other than marijuana.
• 18,000 males and 18,000 females used pain relievers
nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
• Rates of drug dependence or abuse were similar between
males and females in Alabama, but rates of alcohol dependence
among females (3.8 percent or 7,000) were significantly higher
than alcohol dependence rates for males (1.6 percent or 3,000).
• 15,000 adolescents (7,000 males and 8,000 females) needed
but did not receive treatment for drug problems.
• 11,000 females (5.6 percent) and 8,000 males (4.1 percent)
needed but did not receive
treatment for alcohol problems.
• Alabama females were twice as likely as Alabama males
to have experienced an major
depressive episode (MDE) in the past year (11.5 v. 5.2 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN ALABAMA
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 40,000 (10.4 percent) of the 383,000 adolescents
in Alabama used an illicit
drug in the past month; 23,000 (6.1 percent) used marijuana,
and 24,000 (6.3 percent) used
an illicit drug other than marijuana
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and
females in Maine.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern.
• In Alabama, 18,000 males and 18,000 females used pain
relievers non-medically in the
12 months prior to the interview
• Rates of nonmedical pain reliever use were similar between
adolescent females and males
(9.5 v. 9.3 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Alabama
• 16.3 percent of adolescents (62,000) used alcohol in
the past month, and 9.8 percent (37,000) 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 Alabama adolescents were similar for males and females;
16.2 percent of males and 16.3 percent of females currently
used alcohol, and 10.9 percent of males and 8.6 percent of females
engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE
IN ALABAMA
According to the 20032006 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 drug dependence or abuse were similar between males
and females in Alabama, but
rates of alcohol dependence among females (3.8 percent or 7,000)
were significantly higher
than alcohol dependence rates for males (1.6 percent or 3,000)
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN ALABAMA
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:
• Alabama showed a 1-day total of 14,953 clients in treatment,
the majority of whom (13,855 or 92.7 percent) were in outpatient
treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this
date, 1,541 (10.3 percent) were under the age of 18.
According to 20032006 TEDS data:
Adolescent males accounted for 74 percent (5,885) of the 7,924
adolescent substance abuse
treatment admissions.
Of the total male admissions, 46.4 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 46.9 percent were
alcohol and drug treatment, and 6.6 percent were alcohol treatment.
Of the adolescent female admissions, 53.6 percent were drug
treatment, 34.9 percent were
alcohol and drug treatment, and 11.5 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Alabama, marijuana and alcohol
were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
Of the total male admissions, 89.2 percent (5,251) reported
marijuana use and 53.6 percent
(3,152) reported alcohol use.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 74.8 percent (951)
percent reported alcohol use, and 78.6 percent (1,000) reported
marijuana use.
Of the total female admissions, 72.2 percent (1,471) reported
marijuana use and 46.4 percent
(945) reported alcohol use.
Further, 6.7 percent (533) of total adolescent admissions
reported methamphetamine use, 294 (5 percent) of male admissions
and 239 (11.7 percent) of female admissions; 11.2 percent (884)
of total admissions reported cocaine use, 9.6 percent (566)
of male admissions and 15.7 percent (318) of female admissions
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN ALABAMA
NSDUH 20032006 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 20032006,
Rates of unmet need for past-year alcohol problems and rates
of unmet need for past-year
drug problems were similar between adolescent males and females
in Alabama.
11,000 females (5.6 percent) and 8,000 males (4.1 percent)
needed but did not receive
treatment for alcohol problems.
15,000 Alabama adolescents (7,000 males and 8,000 females)
needed but did not receive
treatment for drug problems in the past year.
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.
TOLL FREE TEEN DRUG REHAB HELP LINE IN ALABAMA:
1-888-757-6237
or e-mail
us.
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