Addiction Treatment Facilities in Alabama
In Alabama, 138 substance abuse treatment facilities were included in the 2010 N-SSATS, reporting that there were 18,185 clients in substance abuse treatment on March 31, 2010. The survey response rate in Alabama was 91%.
According to the 2010 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) annual surveys, the number of addiction treatment facilities in Alabama was 138. Of these, 39 were private for-profit and 83 were private non-profit. The remainder were owned/operated by federal, State or local government(s). Since 2002, the number of treatment facilities in Alabama has remained relatively stable.
Although addiction treatment facilities in Alabama may offer more than one modality of care, in 2010 the majority of treatment facilities (113 or 81.9%) offered some form of outpatient addiction treatment. Another 32 facilities offered some form of residential addiction treatment, where 14 offered short term care and 23 offered long term addiction treatment, with 6 of these residential addiction treatment facilities offering detoxification. There were 20 facilities offering opioid treatment program in Alabama with certified physicians providing Methadone and Bupenorphine treatments.
Addiction Treatment in Alabama
State treatment data for substance use disorders are derived from two primary sources-an annual one-day census in N-SSATS and annual addiction treatment admissions from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). In the 2010 N-SSATS survey, Alabama showed a total of 18,185 clients in addiction treatment, the majority of whom (16,858 or 92.7%) were in outpatient addiction treatment. Of the total number of clients in treatment on this date, 659 were under the age of 18.
Across the years for which TEDS data are available, Alabama has seen a substantial shift in the constellation of problems present at treatment admission. Alcohol-only admissions have declined from 46 percent of all admissions in 1992, to 9% in 2010. Patients suffering from solely from drug abuse accounted for 57% of admissions in 2010.
Alabama Primary Addiction Treatment Admissions: The graph at right depicts substance abuse treatment admissions in Alabama in 2010. The data show marijuana is the most commonly cited drug among primary drug treatment admissions in Alabama, followed by cocaine, other opiates, including prescription painkillers, and methamphetamine.
The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) is an annual survey of facilities providing substance abuse treatment. It is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). N-SSATS is designed to collect data on the location, characteristics, services offered, and number of clients in treatment at alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities (both public and private) throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Support for Community-Based Prevention in Alabama
Recognizing that local problems require local solutions, the Drug Free Communities (DFC) organizations mobilize communities to prevent youth drug use by creating local data-driven strategies to reduce drug use in the community. ONDCP works to foster the growth of new coalitions and support existing coalitions through the DFC grants. In FY 2011, the following Alabama coalitions received grants from ONDCP:
Covington County Children's Policy Council Coalition
Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Coalition (SAPAC)
Morgan County Substance Abuse Network (MCSAN)
Hoover Coalition Promoting a Safe and Healthy Community
Montgomery Unified Prevention Systems (MUPS)
Shelby County Coalition for Safe and Drug Free Communities
Information compiled above is courtesy of: cdc.gov, oas.samhsa.gov, ondcp.gov, datafiles.samhsa.gov, dasis.samhsa.gov
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