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Carolina Teen Addiction Treatment Programs
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 NORTH CAROLINA
• Approximately 78,000 (11.0 percent) of adolescents
in North Carolina used an illicit drug in the past month;
53,000 (7.4 percent) used marijuana, and 41,000 (5.7 percent)
used an illicit drug other than marijuana.
• 28,000 adolescent males and 24,000 females used pain
relievers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
• 14.3 percent (102,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month and 8.9 percent (63,000) engaged in binge
drinking.
• 31,000 adolescents (14,000 males and 17,000 females)
needed but did not receive treatment for past-year drug problems.
TEEN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE IN NORTH CAROLINA
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug
in the United States. According to the combined 2003–2006
NSDUH:
• Approximately 78,000 (11.0 percent) of the 713,000
adolescents in North Carolina used an
illicit drug in the past month; 53,000 (7.4 percent) used
marijuana, and 41,000 (5.7 percent)
used an illicit drug other than marijuana
• There were no significant differences in illicit drug
use between adolescent males and females in North Carolina.
The misuse of pain relievers among youth in North
Carolina is also a major public health concern.
• In North Carolina, 28,000 adolescent males and 24,000
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 (7.0 v. 7.8 percent).
Adolescent Alcohol Use and Abuse in North Carolina
• 14.3 percent (102,000) of adolescents used alcohol
in the past month, and 8.9 percent
(63,000) 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 alcohol use and past-month binge
drinking among North Carolina adolescents were similar between
males and females; 14.3 percent of males and 14.3 percent
of females currently used alcohol, and 9.0 percent of males
and 8.7 percent of females engaged in binge drinking in the
month prior to the interview.
ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG DEPENDENCE OR
ABUSE IN NORTH CAROLINA
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 North Carolina, rates of alcohol and drug dependence
or abuse were similar between males and females; 22,000 males
and 31,000 females abused or were dependent on alcohol or
drugs in the past year.
ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA
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:
• North Carolina showed a 1-day total of 25,855 clients
in treatment, the majority of whom (23,411 or 90.5 percent)
were in outpatient treatment. Of the total number of clients
in treatment on this date, 1,682 (6.5 percent) were under
the age of 18.
According to 2003–2006 TEDS data:
• Adolescent males accounted for 74 percent (3,671) of the
4,972 total adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
• Of the total male admissions, 56.5 percent were drug treatment
admissions, 33.0 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
10.2 percent were alcohol treatment, and 0.2 percent did not
report type of treatment.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 55.0 percent
were drug treatment, 32.2 percent were alcohol and drug treatment,
12.3 percent were alcohol treatment, and 0.5 percent did not
report type of treatment.
Among adolescent admissions in North Carolina, marijuana
and alcohol were the most prevalent substances of abuse.
• Of the total adolescent male admissions, 84.4 percent (3,098)
reported marijuana use and 43.2 percent (1,587) reported alcohol
use.
• Of the total adolescent female admissions, 74.9 percent
(974) reported marijuana use and 44.5 percent (579) reported
alcohol use.
• Further, 10.6 percent (527) of the total adolescent admissions
reported other drug use, 10.5 percent (386) of male admissions
and 10.8 percent (141) of female admissions. 11.6 percent
of total admissions reported cocaine use 8.9 percent (328)
of male admissions
and 19.0 percent (247) of female admissions.
UNMET NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN NORTH
CAROLINA
NSDUH 2003–2006
• There were no significant differences in rates of the unmet
need for treatment between males and females.
• 31,000 North Carolina adolescents (14,000 males and 17,000
females) needed but did not receive treatment for past-year
drug problems.
• 20,000 females (5.7 percent) and 13,000 males (3.5 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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