Significant growth in substance abuse to alcohol, prescription opiates, and marijuana.

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A new national report shows that from 1999 to 2009 (the most recent year with available figures) substance abuse treatment admissions among those 12 and older had significant growth for cases involving alcohol, opiates, and marijuana.

The report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that one of the most notable shifts that has occurred in this period was in the rise of opiate admissions attributable mostly to prescription drugs - from 8-percent of all opiate admissions in 1999 to 33-percent in 2009.

Another trend is found in treatment admissions related to alcohol problems which increased steadily in 2009.

Nearly half of admissions (44-percent) for alcohol abuse problems involved abuse of other drugs. Alcohol was the leading drug of abuse for treatment admissions.

The report also shows that marijuana-related admissions have risen from 13-percent in 1999 to 18-percent in 2009. Marijuana was either the primary or secondary reason for substance abuse treatment in 86-percent of all admissions involving those between the ages of 12 and 17.

"This new report shows the challenge our nation's health system must address as the treatment needs of people with drug and alcohol problems continue to evolve," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D.

"People often arrive in treatment programs with multiple problems - including dependency or addiction to prescription drugs."

Overall the report found that five substance groups account for 96-percent of the 1,963,089 admissions of people aged 12 and older that occurred during 2009.

These include:
-alcohol (42-percent)
-opiates (21-percent)
-marijuana (18-percent)
-cocaine (9-percent) and
-methamphetamine/amphetamines (6-percent).

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