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Substance Use Treatment Need and Receipt among People Living in Poverty

The NSDUH Report - Substance Use Treatment Need and Receipt among People Living in Poverty

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Combined 2006 to 2008 data indicate that 3.7 million persons aged 12 or older living in poverty were in need of substance use treatment in the past year.  Of these, 17.9 percent received treatment at a specialty facility during this time period.  Males living in poverty were nearly twice as likely as their female counterparts to need treatment in the past year (17.1 vs. 8.9 percent), but were only as likely as their female counterparts to have received treatment.  Among persons living in poverty, those aged 18 to 25 had the highest rate of past year treatment need; however, this age group had the lowest rate of treatment receipt.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report - Substance Use Treatment Need and Receipt among People Living in Poverty, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 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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