DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENS IN WASHINGTON

Adolescent Addiction Treatment Facility in Washington

Adolescence (12 to 17 years) is a critical and vulnerable stage of human development, during which males and females experience different biological, social, and cognitive changes. During this life stage, millions of adolescents experiment with substance use and engage in behaviors that can affect healthy neurological and psychological development. Understanding the behavioral health differences between adolescent males and females can help to inform public health policy and build prevention and intervention programs that strategically target the different needs of adolescent males and females.

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.


ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE IN WASHINGTON

• 18 percent (95,000) of adolescents used alcohol in the past month, and 11.7 percent
(62,000) 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 Washington

ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE
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 abuse or dependence and drug or alcohol dependence were similar between males and females; 23,000 males and 23,000 females abused or were dependent on or abused alcohol or drugs in the past year.


ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN WASHINGTON
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:
• Washington showed a 1-day total of 42,701 clients in treatment, the majority of whom (40,480 or 94.8 percent) were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 3,384 (7.9 percent) were under the age of 18.

According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 64.1 percent (13,974) of the 21,791 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 20.3 percent were drug treatment admissions, 75.7 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 4.0 percent were alcohol treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 22.4 percent were drug treatment, 72.3 percent were alcohol and drug treatment, and 5.3 percent were alcohol treatment.

Among adolescent admissions, marijuana and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 79.6 percent (11,128) reported alcohol use and 92.3 percent (12,894) reported marijuana use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 85 percent (6,644) reported marijuana use and 77.6 percent (6,066)
• Further, 18.7 percent (4,084) of the total adolescent admissions reported methamphetamine use, 13.0 percent (1,815) of male admissions and 29.0 percent (2,269) of female admissions. 9.9 percent of total admissions reported cocaine use, 8.2 percent (1,145) of male admissions and 12.9 percent (1,011) of female admissions.

UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN WASHINGTON
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,

• Rates of unmet need for past-year alcohol and drug problems were similar between adolescent males and females in Washington.

• 14,000 males (3.6 percent) and 9,000 females (5.1 percent) needed but did not receive treatment for drug problems.

• 16,000 females (6.2 percent) and 15,000 males (5.6 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.

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