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Making Your Workplace Drug-Free: A Kit for Employers
The purpose of the Drug-Free Workplace Kit is to provide public and private workplaces, from small to large and from local to global, with credible, authoritative, evidence-based information, resources, and tools for producing and maintaining drug-free workplace policies and programs. The Kit was assembled by the Division of Workplace Programs (DWP), in the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. DWP has unique and nationally important regulatory, knowledge development, and technical assistance roles and responsibilities for Federal and non-Federal workplaces, with respect to their drug-free workplace policies and programs.
NSDUH: Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana
Youth substance use in the past year was generally higher within one-parent households than within two-parent households for both mother-child and father-child pairs and were generally highest among youth in father-child pairs within one-parent households. Parent awareness of youth use of cigarettes and alcohol in the past year increased with the youth’s increasing age among both. Rates of parent awareness of youth substance use in the past year were generally higher among mothers in mother-child pairs than among fathers in father-child pairs and were generally highest among mothers in mother-child pairs within one-parent households.
NSDUH: State Estimates of Persons Aged 18 or Older Driving Under the Influence Of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs
Combined data from 2004 to 2006 indicate that 15.1 percent of current drivers aged 18 or older drove under the influence of alcohol in the past 12 months (“past year”), and 4.7 percent drove under the influence of illicit drugs in the past year. Rates of past year driving under the influence of alcohol were highest among persons aged 18 or older in Wisconsin (26.4 percent), North Dakota (24.9 percent), Minnesota (23.5 percent), Nebraska (22.9 percent), and South Dakota (21.6 percent). Past year rates of driving under the influence of illicit drugs among persons aged 18 or older were highest in the District of Columbia (7.0 percent), Rhode Island (6.8 percent), Massachusetts (6.4 percent), Montana (6.3 percent), and Wyoming (6.2 percent).
TIP 25: Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence
This TIP, Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence, presents an introduction to the field of domestic violence. It give providers information on the role of substance abuse in domestic violence. Techniques for detecting and eliciting such information are supplied, along with ways to modify treatment to ensure victims’ safety and to stop the cycle of violence in both parties’ lives. Legal issues, including duty to warn and confidentiality, are discussed.
Helping Yourself Heal - A Recovering Woman's Guide to Coping with the Effects of Childhood Abuse Issues
This brochure is based on the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's Treatment Improvement Protocol 36, Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Child Abuse and Neglect Issues (2000). The brochure will help male clients become aware of the pervasiveness of childhood abuse and neglect among people with substance use disorders and the issues that might arise during their substance abuse treatment. The brochure presents information about child abuse and neglect, the connection between substance abuse and child abuse, the symptoms that indicate past abuse may have occurred, and the effects the abuse has on a person when he reaches adulthood. It explains how child abuse issues can affect a man's treatment and recovery. The tone and content aim to allay patient anxieties and to offer hope.
NSDUH: Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Use Among Underage Drinkers
Combined 2005 and 2006 data indicate that an annual average of 28.3 percent of persons aged 12 to 20 in the United States (an estimated 10.8 million persons annually) drank alcohol in the past month. Past month alcohol users aged 12 to 20 drank on an average of 5.9 days in the past month and consumed an average of 4.9 drinks per day on the days they drank in the past month. Underage drinkers aged 12 to 20 consumed, on average, more drinks per day on the days they drank in the past month than persons aged 21 or older (4.9 vs. 2.8 drinks).
DASIS: Employment Status and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: 2006
In 2006, admissions who were employed full time were more likely to report alcohol as the primary substance of abuse (58 percent) than admissions who were homemakers (35 percent), unemployed (39 percent), labor force dropouts (39 percent, or disables (46 percent). Admissions who were labor force dropouts were more than twice as likely as admissions who were employed full time to report daily use of their primary substance in the past month (56 vs. 26 percent). Admissions who were homemakers or who were employed full time were more likely to report entering treatment for the first time (59 and 57 percent, respectively) than admissions who were unemployed (40 percent), labor force dropouts (47 percent), or disabled (41 percent).
NSDUH: Substance Use and Dependence Following Initiation of Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use
Among persons who initiated alcohol use 13 to 24 months prior to the survey interview (“year-before-last initiates”), 3.2 percent were dependent on alcohol in the past 12 months (“past year”). Among year-before-last marijuana initiates, 5.8 percent were dependent on marijuana in the past year. More than one tenth (13.4 percent) of year-before-last heroin initiates were dependent on heroin in the past year, and 9.2 percent of year-before-last crack initiates were dependent on any type of cocaine in the past year.
NSDUH: Inhalant Use across the Adolescent Years
Inhalants were the most frequently reported class of illicit drugs used in the past year among adolescents aged 12 or 13 (3.4 and 4.8 percent, respectively). Combined data for 2002 to 2006 indicated that an annual average of 593,000 adolescents aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants for the first time in the year before their survey interview. Among past year inhalant initiates aged 12 to 15, the three most commonly used types of inhalants were glue, shoe polish, or toluene; spray paints; and gasoline or lighter fluid; in comparison, nitrous oxide or whippets were the most common type of inhalant use among past year inhalant initiates aged 16 or 17.
NSDUH: Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006
In 2006, young adults aged 18 to 25 were more likely than youths aged 12 to 17 and adults aged 26 or older to be past year users of LSD, Ecstasy, and Salvia divinorum. Among youths, females were more likely than males to be past year users of Ecstasy, but males were more likely than females to be past year users of Salvia divinorum. Young adult males were more likely than young adult females to be past year users of LSD, Ecstasy, and Salvia divinorum.
NSDUH: Nicotine Dependence: 2006
Among past month cigarette smokers aged 12 or older, 57.7 percent met the criteria for past month nicotine dependence. Persons aged 12 or older who were dependent on nicotine in the past month were more likely than those who were not nicotine dependent to have engaged in alcohol use (61.7 vs. 49.1 percent), binge alcohol use (40.1 vs. 20.1 percent), and heavy alcohol use (14.9 vs. 5.5 percent) in the past month. Persons aged 18 or older who were nicotine dependent in the past month were more than twice as likely as their counterparts who were not dependent on nicotine to have experienced serious psychological distress in the past year (21.2 vs. 9.4 percent).
DASIS: Primary Methamphetamine/Amphetamine Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2005
From 1995 to 2005, the percentage of substance abuse treatment admissions for primary abuse of methamphetamine /amphetamine more than doubled from 4% to 9%. In 2005, about 1.8 million substance abuse treatment admissions were reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Of these, 169,500 were for primary methamphetamine /amphetamine abuse and 80,000 admissions were for secondary or tertiary methamphetamine/ amphetamine abuse. The duration of use of their primary drug before admission to treatment was, on average, six years less for persons admitted to treatment for primary methamphetamine /amphetamine abuse than it was for persons admitted for abuse of other primary substances. The criminal justice system was the principal source of referral for 49% of primary methamphetamine /amphetamine treatment admissions compared with 34% of admissions for other primary substances.
DASIS: Older Adults in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2005
Admissions aged 50 or older accounted for about 184,400 (10 percent) of the 1.8 million treatment admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2005. Alcohol was the most frequently reported primary substance of abuse for all admissions aged 50 or older, but the highest proportions of admissions reporting alcohol as the primary substance were among those aged 65 to 69 and 70 or older (76 percent each). Admissions aged 50 to 64 had more extensive substance abuse treatment histories than admissions aged 65 or older.
DASIS: Marital Status and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: 2005
In 2005, over half (52 percent) of substance abuse treatment admissions aged 25 to 44 had never married, 28 percent were formerly married, and 20 percent were currently married. By contrast, in the Nation as a whole, data from the 2000 Census for this age range show 25 percent had never married, 14 percent were formerly married, and 61 percent were currently married. Admissions who had never married were more likely than those who were formerly or currently married to report daily use of the primary substance (44 percent vs. 39 and 36 percent). Substance abuse treatment admissions who had never married were more likely to have extensive treatment histories and less likely to be entering treatment for the first time than other admissions aged 25 to 44 in 2005.
DASIS: Geographic Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine/Amphetamine and Marijuana: 2005
Among the six primary substances of abuse that dominate substance abuse treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), three (marijuana, methamphetamine/amphetamines, and opiates other than heroin) increased between 1995 and 2005 and three decreased (alcohol, cocaine, and heroin). All the rates presented are for substance abuse treatment admissions with methamphetamine/amphetamines or marijuana as their primary substance of abuse. The full report contains maps indicating the relative quintile rank of each State.
Drugs, Alcohol and HIV/AIDS – A Consumer Guide
Drug Abuse behavior plays the single largest role in the spread of HIV infection in the United States today. This pamphlet answers questions and offers resource and contact information.
The Epidemiology of Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorders
The paper is presented in two parts. Part 1 is for non-scientists and explains what epidemiology is and how it can be used by practitioners, administrators, and policy makers. Part 1 also presents highlights from past epidemiological studies of co-occurring disorders and introduces three major national studies that are regularly used as sources for information on the nature and extent of co-occurring disorders in the United States. Part 2 presents detailed technical information on these three studies and is for audiences who are familiar with epidemiologic methods.
Disaster Recovery Resources for Substance Abuse Treatment Providers
This CD-ROM contains a wealth of information on various aspects of disaster response related to the substance abuse treatment community. There are numerous lessons learned documents from recent disasters, sample panflu plans, selected PowerPoint presentations, as well as basic knowledge dissemination.
TIP 26: Substance Abuse among Older Adults
This TIP discusses the relationship between aging and substance abuse and offers guidance on identifying, screening, and assessing substance abuse and disorders such as dementia and delirium that can mask or mimic an alcohol or prescription drug problem.
TIP 23: Treatment Drug Courts: Integrating Substance Abuse Treatment with Legal Case Processing
Volume 23 helps policymakers and practitioners plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate programs that effectively integrate substance abuse treatment in the pretrial processing of criminal cases. It encourages agencies creating and participating in these programs to share information about their successes and failures so substance abuse treatment will be integrated effectively into pretrial case processing.
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