Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Expansion: Fall 2008 Update

The Omnibus Treatment of Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders Act of 2005 provided expanded funding for chemical dependency treatment of approximately $32 million for adults and $6.7 million for youth.  This report looks at the results of the expanded funding.

Key points from the study include:

• In 2007, 23.2 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem (9.4 percent of the persons aged 12 or older).
• Of these, 2.4 million (1.0 percent of persons aged 12 or older and 10.4 percent of those who needed treatment) received treatment at a specialty facility.
• 20.8 million persons (8.4 percent of the population aged 12 or older) needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem but did not receive treatment at a specialty substance addiction facility in the past year.

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