NCJ Number
235982
Date Published
August 1990
Length
191 pages
Annotation
Based on data voluntarily submitted to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc. (NASADAD) by the State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Agencies in fiscal year (FY) 1989, this report provides fiscal, client, and other service data pertinent to the response to substance abuse in 49 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
Abstract
Expenditures for alcohol and other drug abuse treatment and prevention services totaled just over $2.4 billion. Of these expenditures, States provided $1.1 billion (47.1 percent), and Federal sources provided 26.7 percent; county or local sources contributed 7.9 percent; and other sources (e.g., private health insurance, court fines, client fees, etc.) provided 18.2 percent. Approximately 76.9 percent of expenditures went for treatment services, 14.6 percent for prevention services, and 8.6 percent for other activities. The total number of admissions for alcohol and other drug treatment were approximately 1.8 million. Data on client characteristics address sex, age, and race. For the second consecutive year, cocaine was the leading primary illicit drug of abuse, with 210,869 admissions; previously, heroin had been the leading primary illicit drug of abuse. As reported by 50 respondents, the number of intravenous (IV) drug abusers admitted to treatment ranged from a high of 35,297 in California to a low of 26 in North Dakota and 2 in Guam. In response to a request for the top three policy issues, respondents identified a need for new or expanded treatment services and a need for prevention and treatment services to special populations, such as persons with AIDS and HIV disease and indigent, homeless, dually diagnosed, women, and criminal justice populations. Other needs expressed were for administration and staffing, funding and resource allocation, and prevention and treatment services for youth. 23 tables, 3 figures, and 8 appendixes with supplementary information