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The TEDS Report - Employed Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment
Highlights: In 2008, less than one quarter (22.9 percent) of female substance abuse treatment admissions aged 18 or older were employed. Alcohol was the most commonly reported primary substance of abuse among these admissions (47.3 percent), and they were about half as likely as other female admissions to have reported primary heroin abuse (8.0 vs. 17.2 percent) or primary cocaine abuse (9.1 vs. 17.3 percent). Employed female admissions were more likely than other female admissions to have been referred to treatment by the criminal justice system (41.5 vs. 26.3 percent). Other OAS publications and services The TEDS Report - Employed Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 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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