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Admissions to Treatment for Abuse of Alcohol Alone

The DASIS Report: Admissions to Treatment for Abuse of Alcohol Alone

Highlights:

  • Abuse of alcohol alone was the most common substance problem for admissions to substance abuse treatment between 1994 and 1999.  

  • Admissions for abuse of alcohol alone were generally for persons who were white (74 percent), male (77 percent), and whose average age at admission was 38 years. 

  • Forty-five percent of alcohol-only admissions were referred to treatment through the criminal justice system.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Admissions to Treatment for Abuse of Alcohol Alone, 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 the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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