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Prescription Drug Addiction in Rhode Island
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 RHODE ISLAND
• Approximately 12,000 (13.8 percent) of adolescents
in Rhode Island used an illicit drug in the past month; 10,000
(11.5 percent) used marijuana, and 5,000 (5.8 percent) used
an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 3,000 adolescent males and 3,000 adolescent females
used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to
the interview.
• Adolescent females were significantly more likely
than adolescent males to have experienced alcohol dependence
in the past year (2.1 v. 0.5 percent).
• 3,000 females (6.6 percent) and 2,000 males (5.5 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.
• 2,000 males (4.1 percent) and 3,000 females (6.8 percent)
needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems.
• Females were more than twice as likely as males to
have experienced a major depressive
episode (MDE) in the past year (4.5 v. 11.1 percent).
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.
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN RHODE ISLAND
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 12,000 (13.8 percent) of the 87,000
adolescents in Rhode Island used an
illicit drug in the past month; 10,000 (11.5 percent) used
marijuana, and 5,000 (5.8 percent)
used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and
females in Rhode Island.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth is also a major public
health concern.
• In Rhode Island, 3,000 adolescent males and 3,000
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 (7.0 v. 6.3 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Rhode Island
• 19.5 percent (17,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 11.2 percent (10,000) 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 Rhode Island adolescents were similar between
males and females; 18.8 percent of males and 20.3 percent
of females currently used alcohol and 12.4 percent of males
and 9.9 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the
month prior to the interview).
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE IN RHODE ISLAND
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.
• In Rhode Island, adolescent females were significantly
more likely than adolescent males to have experienced alcohol
dependence in the past year (2.1 v. 0.5 percent).
• Rates of alcohol abuse, drug abuse or dependence,
and drug or alcohol dependence were similar between males
and females; 4,000 males and 5,000 females abused or were
dependent on or abused alcohol or drugs in the past year.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN RHODE ISLAND
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:
• Rhode Island showed a 1-day total of 6,415 clients
in treatment, the majority of whom
(6,026 or 93.9 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in
treatment on this date, 251 (3.9 percent) were under the age
of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 74 percent (2,082)
of the 2,804 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 52.5 percent were drug
treatment admissions, 44.3 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 3.1 percent were alcohol treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 50.4 percent
were drug treatment, 41.6 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 8.0 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Rhode Island, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 95.1 percent
(1,979) reported marijuana use and 47.5 percent (988) reported
alcohol use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 89.5 percent
(646) reported marijuana use and 49.6 percent (358) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 6.6 percent of total admissions reported
cocaine use, 5.7 percent (119) of male admissions and 9.1
percent (66) of female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN RHODE
ISLAND
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 addiction 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
• Rates of unmet need for past-year alcohol and drug
problems were similar between
adolescent males and females in Rhode Island.
• 2,000 males (4.1 percent) and 3,000 females (6.8 percent)
needed but did not receive
treatment for drug problems.
• 3,000 females (6.6 percent) and 2,000 males (5.5 percent)
needed but did not receive
treatment for alcohol problems.
TOLL FREE TEEN DRUG REHAB HELP LINE IN RHODE ISLAND:
1-888-757-6237
or e-mail
us.
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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