Pastor in Tennessee Addresses Epidemic Issues of Illegal 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.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE BY ADOLESCENTS
IN TENNESSEE
• Approximately 41,000 (8.6 percent) of adolescents
in Tennessee used an illicit drug in the past month; 21,000
(4.3 percent) used marijuana, and 26,000 (5.4 percent) used
an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 21,000 adolescent males and 25,000 adolescent females
used pain relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to
the interview.
• 12.6 percent (60,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 6.6 percent (32,000) engaged in binge
drinking.
• 8,000 females (3.6 percent) and 10,000 males (4.1
percent) needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol
problems.
• 1,000 males (5.5 percent) and 2,000 females (6.9)
needed but did not receive treatment for alcohol problems.
• The prevalence patterns of MDEs among adolescent males
and females in Tennessee differed from the national pattern;
that is, rates of major depressive episodes (MDEs) were similar
between adolescent males and females (10.8 v. 6.9 percent).
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN TENNESSEE
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 41,000 (8.6 percent) of the 481,000
adolescents in Tennessee used an illicit
drug in the past month; 21,000 (4.3 percent) used marijuana,
and 26,000 (5.4 percent) used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and females in Tennessee.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth in Tennessee
is also a major public health concern.
• In Tennessee, 21,000 adolescent males and 25,000 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 (10.6 v. 8.5 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in Tennessee
• In Tennessee12.6 percent (60,000) of adolescents used
alcohol in the past month, and 6.6 percent (32,000) 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 use alcohol and binge drinking were
similar between adolescent males and females in Tennessee;
12.3 percent of males and 12.9 percent of females currently
used alcohol, and 7.9 percent of males and 5.3 percent of
females engaged in binge drinking in the month prior to the
interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE IN TENNESSEE
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 Tennessee, rates of alcohol abuse or dependence and drug
or alcohol dependence were similar between males and females;
17,000 males and 18,000 females abused or were dependent on
or abused alcohol or drugs in the past year,
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN TENNESSEE
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:
• Tennessee showed a 1-day total of 3,726 clients in
treatment, the majority of whom (3,476 or 93.3 percent) were
in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients in
treatment on this date,549 (14.7 percent) were under the age
of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 71 percent (3,392) of the
4,783 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 54.6 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 17.8 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 27.2 percent were alcohol treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 47.9 percent
were drug treatment, 14.1 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
and 37.2 percent were alcohol treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in Tennessee, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 45 percent (1,526)
reported alcohol use and
60.6 percent (2,054) reported marijuana use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 51.1 percent
(712) reported alcohol use and
41.6 percent (579) reported marijuana use.
• Further, 6.8 percent (327) of the total adolescent admissions
reported other drug use, 6.4 percent (216) of male admissions
and 8.0 percent (111) of female admissions. 6.1 percent of
all admissions reported cocaine use, 5.6 percent (191) of
male admissions and 7.4 percent (103) of female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN TENNESSEE
NSDUH 2003–2006
• Rates of unmet need for past-year alcohol problems and rates
of unmet need for past-year
drug problems were similar between adolescent males and females
in Tennessee.
• 9,000 males (3.5 percent) and 12,000 females (5.1 percent)
needed but did not receive
treatment for drug problems.
• 8,000 females (3.6 percent) and 10,000 males (4.1 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.
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