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Real Story
from Massachusetts on Teen 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 MASSACHUSETTS
• In Massachusetts approximately 68,000 (13.3 percent)
of adolescents in Massachusetts used an illicit drug in the
past month; 54,000 (10.6 percent) used marijuana, and 26,000
(5.1 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 18,000 males and 20,000 adolescent females used pain
relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
• 20.2 percent (103,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 13.1 percent (67,000) engaged in binge
drinking.
• 32,000 adolescents needed but did not receive treatment
for past-year drug problems.
• 17,000 males and 15,000 females needed but did not
receive treatment for drug problems and 17,000 females and
14,000 males needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol
problems.
• Adolescent females were almost three times as likely
as adolescent males to have experienced a major depressive
episode (MDE) in the past year (11.7 v. 4.1 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN MASSACHUSETTS
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 68,000 (13.3 percent) of the 512,000
adolescents in Massachusetts used an illicit drug in the past
month; 54,000 (10.6 percent) used marijuana, and 26,000 (5.1
percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and
females in Massachusetts.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern.
• In Massachusetts, 18,000 adolescent males and 20,000
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 (7.8 v. 6.9 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Massachusetts
• In Massachusetts 20.2 percent (103,000) of adolescents
used alcohol in the past month, and 13.1 percent (67,000)
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 Massachusetts adolescents were similar between
males and females; 17.6 percent of males and 22.9 percent
of females currently used alcohol, and 13.9 percent of males
and 12.2 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the
month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE
IN MASSACHUSETTS
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 Massachusetts, rates of alcohol and drug dependence or
abuse were similar between males and females; 25,000 males
and 25,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol or
drugs in the past year.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS
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:
• Massachusetts showed a 1-day total of 39,065 clients
in treatment, the majority of whom
(34,904 or 89.3 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of
the total number of clients in
treatment on this date, 1,890 (4.8 percent) were under the
age of 18.
According to 20032006 TEDS data:
Adolescent males accounted for 69.7 percent (4,233) of the
6,071 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
Of the total male admissions, 29.5 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 63.8 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 6.4 percent were alcohol treatment.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 34.3 percent
were drug treatment, 55.2 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 10.2 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Massachusetts, marijuana and
alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
Of the total adolescent male admissions, 85 percent (3,597)
reported marijuana use, and 70.2 percent (2,973) reported
alcohol use.
Of the total adolescent female admissions, 67.2 percent
(1,235) percent reported marijuana use, and 65.4 percent (1,202)
reported alcohol use.
Further, 15.3 percent (931) of total admissions reported
cocaine use, 12.6 percent (534) of male admissions and 21.5
percent (397) of female admissions. Similarly, 10.3 percent
(627) of total adolescent admissions reported other opiates
and synthetics use, 9.4 percent (397) of male admissions and
12.5 percent (230) of female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS
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.
32,000 Massachusetts adolescents (17,000 males and 15,000
females) needed but did not receive treatment for past-year
drug problems (Chart 10).
17,000 females (6.6 percent) and 14,000 males (5.4 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year alcohol
problems (Chart 11).
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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