Word: samhsa
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...million Americans with a substance abuse or dependency problem; today, he's one of just 2.5 million of those addicts to enter a hospital or clinic for treatment, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA...
...been more than 30 years since Richard Nixon famously announced America's "War on Drugs," it's hard to know exactly how far we are from victory, partly because the facts are so elusive: Who uses illegal drugs? Which drugs? How often? The answers come mainly from SAMHSA's national survey, a complex and carefully worded questionnaire administered continually throughout the year. It is one of the government's primary sources of statistical information on the use of illegal drugs by the U.S. population, but its data are far from perfect...
...inherent drawback of self-reporting is the tendency for respondents to simply lie about their illicit drug use, for obvious reasons. To address this problem, SAMHSA introduced hand-held computer modules in 1999, eliminating the need for a government mediator to administer the survey face-to-face. To encourage better response rates, the agency began offering a $30 cash incentive. More recently, a new challenge has arisen: as the number of Spanish-speaking Americans continues to grow, officials face problems in translation. Certain Spanish words mean different things to Puerto Ricans than they do to Cubans or Mexicans, according...
...years--with decades-long addictions. Hard numbers are not easy to come by, but older addicts are clearly a growth sector in the drug-recovery industry. There are an estimated 1.7 million Americans over age 50 addicted to drugs, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. By 2020 SAMHSA expects the number to reach 4.4 million. Already an ongoing federal study has found that the number of older Americans seeking help for heroin or cocaine abuse roughly quadrupled from 1992 to 2002. Odyssey House, which...
...many canes in evidence for a group so comparatively young--the legacy of joints wrecked by years of undertreated diabetes--and too many bad hearts and bum livers and vascular systems fighting hypertension. "This is the first generation to have a high incidence of using recreational drugs," says SAMHSA epidemiologist Joseph Gfroerer. "All this puts them at risk for problems...