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Adult Marijuana Treatment Admissions by Race and Ethnicity:  2000
The DASIS Report:  Adult Marijuana Treatment Admissions by Race and Ethnicity,  2000

Highlights:

  • In 2000, among the 1.5 million adult substance abuse admissions (age 18 or older), 154,400 were admitted as primary marijuana abusers.  

  • A majority of these adult marijuana admissions were White (54 percent), followed by Black (30 percent), Hispanic (9 percent), American Indian/Alaska Native (2 percent), and Asian/Pacific Islander (1 percent).    

  • Adult marijuana admissions by sex and age were largely similar across racial/ethnic categories, with higher rates for males and for the younger adults aged 18-24.

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This Short Report,  The DASIS Report:  Adult Marijuana Treatment Admissions by Race and Ethnicity,  2000, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 

 

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