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The TEDS Report - Puerto Rican Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment
Highlights: In 2007, heroin was the most common primary substance of abuse among Puerto Rican substance abuse treatment admissions (43.5 percent), while alcohol was the most common substance of abuse among other Hispanic admissions (36.9 percent). Among Puerto Rican admissions re-porting primary abuse of heroin, more than two thirds reported secondary or tertiary abuse of other substances (68.6 percent), including 47.0 percent that reported secondary or tertiary abuse of cocaine. Most Puerto Rican admissions (70.5 percent) had at least one prior treatment episode, but most other His-panic admissions (41.7 percent) did not. Other OAS publications and services The TEDS Report - Puerto Rican Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatmen, is based on SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State. |
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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.
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