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Polydrug Treatment Admissions:  2002

 

The DASIS Report:  Polydrug Admissions: 2002 

Highlights:

  • Among the 1.9 million admissions reported to SAMHSA's 2002 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), more (56%) reported the abuse of multiple substances (polydrug use) than abuse of any single substance.

  • Among polydrug admissions, alcohol was the most common substance reported (76%), marijuana was second (55%), followed by cocaine (48%), opiates (27%) and other drugs (26%).

This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Polydrug Admissions: 2002, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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