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Highlights: From 2006 to 2008, an annual average of 59,310 drug-related emergency department (ED) visits were made by people experiencing homelessness. The majority of these visits (73.5 percent) involved illicit drugs compared with 23.5 percent of visits by those who were not homeless. Drug-related ED visits among males experiencing homelessness were more likely to involve alcohol and marijuana compared with females experiencing homelessness; however, cocaine and heroin involvement did not vary by gender. Following a drug-related ED visit, two fifths of people experiencing homelessness were treated and released (41.2 percent) compared with two thirds (68.4 percent) of those who were not homeless. Other OAS publications and services This Short Report,The DAWN Report - Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits by People Experiencing Homelessness: 2006 to 2008, is based on the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) 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. |
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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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