According to SAMHSA's latest Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) report, adolescent admissions for marijuana use increased from 43 percent in 1994 to 60 percent in 1999. The report showed that in 1999, four substances accounted for 91 percent of admissions. They were alcohol, 47 percent; opiates (mainly heroin), 16 percent; cocaine, 14 percent and marijuana/hashish, 14 percent.

The report found that alcohol admission rates were highest in the Pacific Northwest, North Central, and Northeast states. Heroin admission rates were highest in the Pacific and Middle Atlantic states, while cocaine admission rates were highest in the Middle Atlantic and some Southern states.

The report also noted that methamphetamine/amphetamine admission rates have increased since 1994, spreading east from the Pacific states into the Midwest and South.

A copy of the 1994-1999 TEDS report is available online or by contacting SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.

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