Polydrug Use Among Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions; SAMHSA,Office of Applied Studies

Polydrug Use Among Treatment Admissions: 1998

The DASIS Report: Polydrug Use Among Treatment Admissions: 1998

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In SAMHSA's 1998 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), over half of all admissions to substance abuse treatment reported the use of multiple substances (polydrug use).

Younger users were more likely to report polydrug use.

Alcohol was reported as a primary or secondary substance by 72% of all persons admitted to treatment.
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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Polydrug Use Among Treatment Admissions: 1998, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment. DASIS is conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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