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Stories from New Jersey on Teen Prescription Drug 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.
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE BY TEENS IN NEW JERSEY
• In New Jersey approximately 73,000 (9.9 percent) adolescents
used an illicit drug in the past month; 50,000 (7.3 percent)
used marijuana, and 33,000 (4.5 percent) used an illicit drug
other than marijuana.
• In New Jersey adolescent females were significantly
more likely than the males to have used any illicit drugs
in the past month (12.1 v. 7.9 percent) and were approximately
twice as likely as males to have used any illicit drugs other
than marijuana in the past month (6.2 v. 2.9 percent).
• In New Jersey the rates of current alcohol use were
significantly higher for adolescent females (24.3 percent)
than for males (17.2 percent). Rates of past-month cigarette
use were significantly higher for females than males (15.3
v. 9.8 percent).
• In New Jersey 31,000 adolescents
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems;
44,000 needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol
problems.
• In New Jersey adolescent females were more than four
times as likely as males to have experienced a major depressive
episode (MDE) in the past year (12.7 v. 2.6 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN NEW JERSEY
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 73,000 (9.9 percent) of the 738,000
adolescents in New Jersey used an illicit
drug in the past month; 50,000 (7.3 percent) used marijuana,
and 33,000 (4.5 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• In New Jersey adolescent females were significantly
more likely than the males to have used any illicit drugs
and were approximately twice as likely as males to have used
any illicit drugs other than marijuana in the past month.
• There were no significant differences in marijuana
use between adolescent males and females in New Jersey.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern.
• In New Jersey, 20,000 adolescent males and 25,000
adolescent females used pain relievers non medically in the
12 months prior to the interview.
• There was no significant difference in rates of nonmedical
pain reliever use between females and males (6.9 v. 5.2 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in New Jersey
• In New Jersey, rates of alcohol or illicit drug dependence
or abuse were significantly higher among females than males;
22,000 males and 39,000 females abused or were dependent on
alcohol or drugs in the past year
• In New Jersey 20.6 percent of adolescents
(152,000) used alcohol in the past month, and 11.7 percent
(87,000) 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.
• In New Jersey Rates of current alcohol use were significantly
higher for adolescent females (24.3 percent) than for males
(17.2 percent), but rates of past-month binge drinking were
similar between adolescent males (10.7 percent) and females
(12.9 percent).
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN NEW JERSEY
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:
• New Jersey showed a 1-day total of 30,106 clients
in treatment, the majority of whom (26,699 or 88.7 percent)
were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients
in treatment on this date, 2,111 (7 percent) were under the
age of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• In New Jersey Adolescent males accounted for 79.2
percent (8,605) of the 10,862 total adolescent substance abuse
treatment admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 41.4 percent were drug
treatment admissions, 55.4 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 2.7 percent were alcohol treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 40.3 percent
were drug treatment, 52.6 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 6.3 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in New Jersey, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 94.1 percent
(8,100) reported marijuana use, and 58.1 percent (5,000) reported
alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 81.6 percent
(1,842) reported marijuana use, and 58.9 percent (1,329) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 12.8 percent of all admissions reported cocaine
use, 10.1 percent (873) of male admissions and 22.7 percent
(512) of female admissions. Also, 4.9 percent (537) of the
total adolescent admissions reported heroin use, 3.1 percent
(270) of male admissions and 11.8 percent (267) of female
admissions. 3.5 percent (299) of male admissions and 4.7 percent
(107) of female admissions also reported opiates and synthetics
use.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN NEW JERSEY
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 in New Jersey.
• 31,000 New Jersey adolescents (12,000 males and 19,000
females) needed but did not receive treatment for past-year
drug problems.
• 27,000 females (7.6 percent) and 17,000 males (4.5 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.
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