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Drug Abuse Among Teens in Iowa - Article
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 IOWA
• Approximately 23,000 (9.5 percent) adolescents in Iowa
used an illicit drug in the past month; 16,000 (6.4) used marijuana,
and 11,000 (4.6 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 18.4 percent of adolescents (45,000) used alcohol in
the past month, and 12.1 (29,000) engaged in binge drinking.
• Rates of past-year alcohol and drug dependence or abuse
were similar between males and females, but rates of past-year
alcohol dependence were significantly higher for adolescent
females than males (4.5 v. 2.3 percent).
• 2,000 males (2.0 percent) and 4,000 females (3.5 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems
and 10,000 females (8.8 percent) and 8,000 males (6.8 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.
• Adolescent females in Iowa were more than twice as likely
as adolescent males to have experienced a major depressive episode
(MDE) in the past Year (10.9 v 4.1 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN IOWA
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 23,000 (9.5 percent) of the 244,000 adolescents
in Iowa used an illicit drug in the past month; 16,000 (6.4
percent) used marijuana, and 11,000 (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 Iowa.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern.
• In Iowa, 6,000 adolescent males and 8,000 females used
pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
• There was no significant differences nonmedical pain
reliever use between females and males (7.1 v. 5.1 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Iowa
• In Iowa 18.4 percent (45,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 12.1 percent (29,000) 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 Iowa adolescents were similar between males and females;
17.6 percent of males and 19.3 percent of females currently
used alcohol, and 13.4 percent of males and 10.7 percent of
females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the
interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE
IN IOWA
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.
In Iowa, rates of past-year alcohol and drug dependence or
abuse were similar between males and females; but rates of past-year
alcohol dependence were significantly higher for adolescent
females than males (4.5 v 2.3 percent).
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN IOWA
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:
• Iowa showed a 1-day total of 7,229 clients in treatment,
the majority of whom
(6,660 or 92.1 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in
treatment on this date, 793 (11 percent) were under the age
of 18.
According to 20032006 TEDS data:
Adolescent males accounted for 65 percent (8,578) of the 13,185
total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
Of the total male admissions, 21 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 68.6 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and
10.1 percent were alcohol treatment.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 18.3 percent were
drug treatment, 68 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 13.3 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Iowa, marijuana and alcohol were
the most prevalent substances of abuse.
Of the total adolescent male admissions, 87.8 percent (7,529)
, reported marijuana use and 78.6 percent (6,746) reported alcohol
use.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 81.3 percent (3,746)
, reported marijuana use and 81.3 percent (3,746) reported alcohol
use.
Further, 15.8 percent(2,082) of total adolescents admissions
reported methamphetamine use, 1,047 (12.2 percent) male admissions
and 1,035 (22.5 percent) female admissions. Similarly, 6.3 percent
(544) of male admissions and 9.3 (427) of female admissions
reported cocaine use.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN IOWA
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 the unmet need for past-year drug or alcohol treatment
were similar between males and females in Iowa.
2,000 Iowa males (2.0 percent) and 4,000 females (3.5 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems.
10,000 females (8.8 percent) and 8,000 males (6.8 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year 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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