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Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Minnesota is on the Upswing
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.
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE BY TEENS IN MINNESOTA
• Approximately 47,000 (10.6 percent) adolescents in
Minnesota used an illicit drug in the past month; 36,000 (8.1
percent) used marijuana, and 21,000 (4.8 percent) used an
illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 12,000 males and 12,000 females used pain relievers
nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
• 18.1 percent of adolescents (80,000) used alcohol
in the past month, and 12.9 percent (57,000) engaged in binge
drinking.
• 18,000 Minnesota adolescents needed but did not receive
treatment for past-year drug problems.
• 28,000 adolescents needed but did not receive treatment
for alcohol problems.
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN MINNESOTA
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 47,000 (10.6 percent) of the 440,000
adolescents in Minnesota used an illicit drug in the past
month; 36,000 (8.1 percent) used marijuana, and 21,000 (4.8
percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and females in Minnesota.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a
major public health concern.
• In Minnesota, 12,000 adolescent males and 12,000 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 (5.4 v. 5.4 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Minnesota
• 18.1 percent of adolescents (80,000) used alcohol
in the past month, and 12.9 percent (57,000) 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 Minnesota adolescents were similar between
males and females; 19.3 percent of males and 16.7 percent
of females currently used alcohol, and 14.8 percent of males
and 10.9 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the
month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE IN MINNESOTA
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.
• Rates of alcohol and drug dependence or abuse were
similar between males and females in Minnesota; 21,000 males
and 22,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol or
drugs in the past year.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MINNESOTA
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:
• Minnesota showed a 1-day total of 10,078 clients in treatment,
the majority of whom (7,246 or 71.9 percent) were in outpatient
treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on
this date, 832 (8.3 percent) were under the age of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• In Minnesota Adolescent males accounted for 64.5 percent
(13,372) of the 20,733 total adolescent substance abuse treatment
admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 30.8 percent were drug
treatment admissions, 65.3 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 2.6 percent were alcohol treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 28.7 percent
were drug treatment, 65.9 percent
were alcohol and drug treatment, and 4 percent were alcohol
treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Minnesota, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 92.7 percent
(12,399) reported marijuana use, and 67.9 percent (9,085)
reported alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 82.8 percent
(4,564) reported marijuana use and 40.9 percent (2,252) reported
alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 85.8 percent
(6,317) percent reported marijuana use, and 69.9 percent (5,145)
reported alcohol use.
• Further, 19.9 percent (4,131) of the total adolescent
admissions reported methamphetamine use, 14.8 percent (1,979)
of male admissions and 29.2 percent (2,152) of female admissions.
Also, 10.7 (2,228) percent of all admissions reported cocaine
use, 9.7 (1,296) percent of male admissions and 12.7 percent
(932) of female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN MINNESOTA
NSDUH 2003–2006 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 2003–2006,
• There were no significant differences in rates of the
unmet need for treatment between males
and females.
• 18,000 Minnesota adolescents (11,000 males and 7,000
females) needed but did not receive
treatment for past-year drug problems.
• 13,000 males (5.7 percent) and 15,000 females (7.1 percent)
needed but did not 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.
TOLL FREE TEEN DRUG REHAB HELP LINE IN MINNESOTA:
1-888-757-6237
or e-mail
us.
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