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The Daily OrangeN.Y. among highest rates of drug, alcohol use in country
By Catherine Basham
Posted: 4/9/08, 10:48 PM EST Section: News
"I think what you see in the news a lot is: did things go up or down? We want to know that, too, but we also want to know what we are going to do about it," said Dianne Henk, director of communications at OASAS.
Researchers look at the new data, compare them to reports from previous years and find differences, consistencies and trends. OASAS completes its own surveys and reports and also compares those findings to the numbers in federal reports.
"It's a big job, and we try to target the areas that we feel we can be effective," Henk said. "There's always more to do than what we can do. You just keep going because it makes a difference in people's lives."
The findings were categorized by underage alcohol use and binge drinking, illicit drug use, tobacco use, substance dependence and abuse and mental health problems.
Rates of underage binge drinking were lowest in Georgia at 15.2 percent and highest in North Dakota at 28.5 percent. North Dakota had the lowest rates of illicit drug use at 7.7 percent, and Rhode Island had the highest with 11.2 percent.
All estimates are based on the 2005-2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. SAMHSA surveyed 136,110 respondents to gather information about 23 measures of substance abuse and mental health issues.
cvbasham@syr.edu
Researchers look at the new data, compare them to reports from previous years and find differences, consistencies and trends. OASAS completes its own surveys and reports and also compares those findings to the numbers in federal reports.
"It's a big job, and we try to target the areas that we feel we can be effective," Henk said. "There's always more to do than what we can do. You just keep going because it makes a difference in people's lives."
The findings were categorized by underage alcohol use and binge drinking, illicit drug use, tobacco use, substance dependence and abuse and mental health problems.
Rates of underage binge drinking were lowest in Georgia at 15.2 percent and highest in North Dakota at 28.5 percent. North Dakota had the lowest rates of illicit drug use at 7.7 percent, and Rhode Island had the highest with 11.2 percent.
All estimates are based on the 2005-2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. SAMHSA surveyed 136,110 respondents to gather information about 23 measures of substance abuse and mental health issues.
cvbasham@syr.edu
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posted 10/12/08 @ 10:03 PM EST
These results make perfect sense, whenever anyone outside of America thinks about America they usually think of New York. It has become the most popular place for many reasons, and being such a tightly packed city it's easy for drugs to be spread and hard to escape the temptation of alcohol. (Continued…)
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