The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Injection of Multiple Drugs: 2000 

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Highlights:

• SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) records up to three substances of abuse and the route of administration of each substance.  In 2000, there were 215,000 treatment admissions reported to TEDS that involved injection of one or more of the three drugs reported. 

• About 19 percent of admissions reporting injection of drugs reported injection of two or more drugs.  The most common combination of drugs injected were heroin and cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines or other stimulants,  as well as cocaine and methamphetamines or other stimulants.

• Treatment admissions by racial and ethnic groups differed in the types of multiple drugs injected.  Among those injecting more than one drug,  Black (94%), Hispanic (90%), and Asian (82%) admissions were more likely to report injecting both heroin and cocaine than White (65%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (54%) admissions.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions for Injection of Multiple Drugs: 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 SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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