Topics of Special Interest | Appendices
2. Trends in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: 1994-1999
Trend data are invaluable
in monitoring changing patterns in substance abuse treatment admissions.
These patterns reflect underlying changes in substance abuse in the population,
and have important implications for resource allocation and program planning.
Trends in Primary
Substance of Abuse
Table 2.1 and Figure 1. In 1999, TEDS treatment
admissions were dominated by four substances: alcohol, opiates (primarily
heroin), cocaine, and marijuana/hashish. These substances together accounted
for 91 percent of all 1999 TEDS admissions.
Primary substance of abuse at admission:
TEDS 1994-1999
SOURCE: Office of Applied
Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 4.16.01.
