Differences in Marijuana Admissions Based on Source of Referral: 2002. The DASIS Report

摘要

A recent study found that while the prevalence of marijuana use remained stable between 1991-1992 and 2001-2002, the prevalence of marijuana abuse or dependence diagnoses increased significantly during this time. A recent issue of The DASIS Report examined marijuana treatment admissions between 1992 and 2002 and found that between these years the rate of substance abuse treatment admissions reporting marijuana as their primary substance of abuse per 100,000 population increased 162 percent. Similarly, the proportion of marijuana admissions increased from 6 percent of all admissions in 1992 to 15 percent of all admissions reported to the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2002.