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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
age 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, rates of several measures of illicit
drug use have
remained at or above the national average for most
age groups.
This includes past month illicit drug use for the
population
age 12 and older; past month and past year marijuana
use; and
past month use of an illicit drug other than marijuana.
Rates of the nonmedical use of pain relievers, however, have
remained at or below the national rates for all population
groups, except those age 26 and older for whom the rates are
higher than the national rates.
Rates of past month alcohol use and past month binge
alcohol use have also consistently remained below
the national average; in the 2005-2006 rate on the
perception of risk associated with having five or
more drinks of an alcoholic beverage once or twice
a week, California ranked among the 10 highest States
in the country.
Drug Abuse and Dependency
in California
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
(American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
Until the 2005-2006 surveys, rates of alcohol abuse
or dependence in California were at or below the
national average for all age groups. In 2005-2006,
however, the rate for the population age 26 and
older ranked among the 10 highest states in the
country.
Since 2003-2004, rates of past year illicit drug
dependence or abuse have remained higher than the
national rates; however, these rates were not among
the highest tier of state
Addiction Treatment in California
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)
With 96 percent of all California . facilities responding
to the 2006 N-SSATS survey, California showed a
one-day census total of 138,342 clients in treatment,
the majority of whom (118,840 or 86%) were in outpatient
treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment
on this date, 12,174 (9%) were under the age of
18.
Since 2002, there has been a steady increase in
the annual number of admissions to treatment in
California, from approximately 154,000 in 2002 to
more than 183,000 in 2005 (the most recent year
for which data are available). Across the last 13
years, there has been a decline in the number of
admissions mentioning alcohol, cocaine, or heroin
as a substance of abuse, and concomitant increases
in the mentions of marijuana. The sharpest increase,
however, has been the number of admissions attributable
to methamphetamine abuse.
Addiction Treatment Facilities
in California
According to the annual National Survey of Substance
Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) 3 , the number
of treatment facilities in California recognized
or certified by the Single State Agency has increased
from 1,772 in 2002, to 1,820 in 2006. The major
contribution for this increase was the addition
of 43 private for-profit facilities (from 363 to
406 in 2002 and 2006, respectively), an increase
of 7 federally operated facilities, and a decrease
of 2 facilities operated or owned by Tribal Governments.
Although facilities may offer more than one modality
of care, the majority of California facilities in
2006 (1,285 of 1,820, or 71%) offered some form
of outpatient treatment; 41 percent of facilities
offered some form of residential care; 132 facilities
offered methadone treatment; and there were 921
physicians certified to provide buprenorphine therapy.
There were 1,140 facilities (63%) that received
some
form of Federal, state, county, or local government
funds to provide treatment, and 476 facilities (26%)
had agreements or contracts with managed care
organizations for the provision of treatment services.
Unmet Need for Addiction Treatment
in California
California has consistently ranked at or above the
national average in the rate of individuals needing
and not receiving treatment for alcohol abuse for
all
age groups, as well as for individuals needing and
not receiving treatment for drug use. Mirroring
the
rates of alcohol dependence for individuals 26 and
older, as indicated above, the rate of individuals
in
this age group needing and not receiving treatment
for alcohol abuse in 2005-2006 was among the
highest in the country.
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