Characteristics of Primary Tranquilizer Admissions: 2002

摘要

Between 1992 and 2002, substance abuse treatment admissions reporting tranquilizers as their primary substance of abuse increased 79 percent from 4,600 admissions in 1992 to 8,300 in 2002. Primary tranquilizer admissions were most frequent in the South (40 percent) and least frequent in the West (12 percent) and Midwest (15 percent). Among the additional 32,800 admissions which reported tranquilizers as a secondary or tertiary substance of abuse, opiates (46 percent) and alcohol (30 percent) were the most common primary substances of abuse.