Substance Use by Older Adults:  Estimates of Future Impact on the Treatment System

Substance Use by Older Adults:
Estimates of Future Impact on the Treatment System

Samuel P. Korper
Carol L. Council

Editors

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of Applied Studies

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared by the Division of Population Surveys, Office of Applied Studies (OAS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and by RTI of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, under Contract No. 283-99-9018. At SAMHSA, Samuel P. Korper co-edited the report, and Ira E. Raskin provided review comments. At RTI, Carol Council co-edited the report, and Mary Ellen Marsden provided review comments. Also at RTI, David Belton assisted with table production and helped Sharon A. Davis in the production of the charts; Teresa F. Gurley and Pamela Couch Prevatt readied files for the SAMHSA printer and the Web; and Richard S. Straw copyedited the report throughout its production process.

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Korper, S. P., & Council, C. L. (Eds.). (2002). Substance Use by Older Adults: Estimates of Future Impact on the Treatment System (DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3763, Analytic Series A-21). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.

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