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This is one in a series of brief
state-based reports intended to give the reader
a quick overview of substance abuse and mental
health issues within a single state. The data
derive principally from national surveys conducted
by the Office of Applied Studies, a component
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). Sources for all data
used in this report appear at the end.
Prevalence of Illicit Substance
and Alcohol Use in Texas
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
generates state-level estimates for 23 measures
of substance use and mental health problems for
four age groups: the entire state population over
the age of 12 (12+); individuals age 12 to 17;
individuals age 18 to 25; and individuals age
26 and older (26+). Since state estimates of substance
use and abuse were first generated using the combined
2002-2003 NSDUHs and continuing until the most
recent state estimates based on the combined 2005-2006
surveys, Texas has ranked among the 10 States
with the lowest2 rates on the following measures.
| Texasis among
those States with the lowest rates of the
following: |
| Measure |
Age Groups |
| Past Month Illicit Drug Use |
12+, 12-17,18-25 |
| Past Month Marijuana Use |
All Age Groups |
| Past Year Marijuana Use |
All Age Groups |
Despite the low prevalence of marijuana use in Texas,
the prevalence of cocaine use in the age group 12
to 17 has demonstrated a rate among the highest
in the country across all survey years.
Drug Abuse and Dependency
in Texas
Questions in NSDUH are used to classify persons
as being dependent on or abusing specific substances
based on criteria specified in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition
(DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
Rates of past year abuse of or dependence on alcohol
among all age groups have remained at or below the
national rates for all age groups across all survey
years, as have rates of past year dependence or
abuse on illicit drugs.
Addiction Treatment in Texas
State treatment data for substance use disorders
are derived from two primary sources—an annual
one-day census in N-SSATS, and annual treatment
admissions from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).4
In the 2006 N-SSATS survey, Texas showed a one-day
census of 34,099 clients in treatment, 28,311 of
whom (83%) were in outpatient treatment. Of the
total number of clients in treatment on this date,
3,536 (11%) were under the age of 18.
Across the last 14 years, there has been a steady
decline in the number of admissions mentioning alcohol
and cocaine. In 2005, TEDS data indicated that admissions
for methamphetamine abuse accounted for approximately
18.5 percent of all admissions.
Across the years for which TEDS data are available,
Texas has seen a substantial shift in the constellation
of problems present at treatment admission. Alcohol-only
admissions have declined from over 22 percent of
all admissions in 1992 to just over 12 percent in
2005. Concomitantly, drug-only admissions have increased
from 29 percent in 1998 to 52.5 percent in 2005.
Unmet Need for Substance
Abuse Treatment in Texas
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 DSM-IV,
but who has not received specialty treatment for
that problem in the past year.
Rates of unmet treatment need for drug or alcohol
use in Texas have remained at or below the national
rates for all age groups.
Sources:
http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/state_factsheets/newjersey.html
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