Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin.

Treatment admissions sharply up for methamphetamine, narcotic pain medications

Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 20th, 2005

New data released by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) show admissions to substance abuse treatment involving methamphetamine and narcotic pain medications increased sharply from 2002 to 2003.

The data show methamphetamine admissions increased 10% between 2002 and 2003. Admissions to treatment for methamphetamine as primary drug of abuse rose from 105,754 in 2002 to 116,604 in 2003. Similarly, treatment admissions for narcotic pain medications as primary drug of abuse increased 12%t between 2002 and 2003. Admissions to treat addiction to narcotic pain medications rose from 43,377 to 48,457. There were an additional 2,614...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2005-08-20)

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