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or pre-teen loved one that suffers from drug and/or alcohol abuse?
"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 MAINE
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Teen
Alcohol Use and Abuse Resource Guide for Parents in Maine
Maine - Teen
Alcohol Use 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 MAINE
• Approximately 16,000 adolescents in Maine used an illicit
drug in the past month; 13,000 used marijuana, and 6,000 used
an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 4,000 adolescent males and 4,000 adolescent females
used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the
interview.
• 17.5 percent of Maine adolescents used alcohol in the
past month, and 10.0 percent ) 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.
• 8,000 adolescents needed but did not receive treatment
for past-year drug problems and 7,000 needed but did not receive
treatment for alcohol problems.
• Females were more than twice as likely as adolescent
males to have experienced a major depressive episode (MDE) in
the past year (15.72 v. 5.7 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN MAINE
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 16,000 (14.37 percent) of the 109,000
adolescents in Maine used an illicit drug in the past month;
13,000 (12.3 percent) used marijuana, and 6,000 (5.7 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 Maine, 4,000 adolescent males and 4,000 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. 7.7 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Maine
• In Maine 17.5 percent (19,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 10.1 percent (11,000) 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 Maine adolescents were similar between males and females;
18.2 percent of males and 16.6 percent of females currently
used alcohol, and 11.2 percent of males and 8.8 percent of females
engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE
IN MAINE
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 Maine, 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.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MAINE
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:
• Maine showed a 1-day total of 7,833 clients in treatment,
the majority of whom
(7,474 or 95.4 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in
treatment on this date, 874 (11.1 percent) were under the age
of 18.
According to 20032006 TEDS data:
Adolescent males accounted for 71 percent (3,086) of the 4,359
total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
Of the total male admissions, 23.2 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 69.5 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and
6 percent were alcohol treatment.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 23.7 percent were
drug treatment, 66 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 8.8 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Maine, marijuana and alcohol
were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
Of the total adolescent male admissions, 75.8 percent (2,337)
reported alcohol use, and 88.5 percent (2,731) reported marijuana
use.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 74.8 percent (951)
percent reported alcohol use, and 78.6 percent (1,000) reported
marijuana use.
Further, 16.3 percent of total admissions reported other opiates
or synthetics use, 22.6 percent (228) of female admissions and
13.7 percent (422) of female admissions. Similarly, 9.1 percent
of total adolescent admissions reported cocaine use, 8.4 percent
(262) of adolescent male admissions and 10.6 percent (135) of
female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MAINE
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,
There were no significant differences in rates of the unmet
need for treatment between males and females.
8,000 Maine adolescents (4,000 males and 4,000 females) needed
but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems.
3,000 females (5.9 percent) and 4,000 males (6.9 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.
TOLL FREE TEEN DRUG REHAB HELP LINE IN MAINE:
1-888-757-6237
or e-mail
us.
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