Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

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Highlights:

• Between 1997 and 2002, the number of treatment admissions involving narcotic painkillers in SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) increased more than the overall increase in treatment admissions or the increase in admissions for primary heroin abuse.

• The number of treatment admissions in which narcotic painkillers were involved not only doubled between 1992 and 2000 but continued to increased even more between 2000 and 2002.

• The proportion of new users of narcotic painkillers (those entering treatment within 3 years of beginning use) increased from 26% in 1997 to 39% in 2002.

• By 2002, 31 States had an admission rate for narcotic painkillers of at least 24 per 100,000 persons age 12 or older. Five of the 6 New England States reported the highest rates in the nation, ranging from 89 per 10,000 in Connecticut to 207 per 100,000 in Maine.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).