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Substance Use and Need for Treatment Among Youths Who Have Been in Foster Care

 

The NSDUH Report:  Substance Use and Need for Treatment Among Youths Who Have Been in Foster Care

Highlights:

  • About 680,000 youths (2.7%) aged 12 to 17 in the U.S. have ever been in foster care.
  • Based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, youths who have ever been in foster care had higher rates of any illicit drug use than youths who have never been in foster care (33.6% vs. 21.7%).

This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Substance Use and Need for Treatment Among Youths Who Have Been in Foster Care, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The NSDUH is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's NSDUH 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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