The report is available on the web at http://www.
The top three drugs involved in drug misuse deaths in New Mexico were
opiates, which include prescription pain relievers and heroin , followed by
cocaine and alcohol.

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WASHINGTON, Utah has the lowest rate of past month
use of illicit drugs in the nation, as well as the lowest rate for binge
drinking, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) revealed today.

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the U.

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gov. We must
encourage those in need to enter and remain in treatment before it's too late,
before they become a mortality statistic. For 2003, the rate of drug misuse
deaths in Albuquerque was 204 deaths per million population, as compared with
162 deaths per million for the state as a whole.87 million in
2003. Since the jurisdictions that participate in DAWN are not
part of a statistical sample, these data cannot be used to project to the
nation as a whole.gov .

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For specific drugs, Tennessee had the lowest rate, 7.8 percent.
For 2003, DAWN includes mortality data for six states -- Maine, Maryland, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah and Vermont.

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Alaska has the highest rate of illegal drug use,
while North Dakota has the highest rate for binging on alcohol .5 percent. The lowest rate was found in Idaho, 1.
Kentucky had the highest rate of past month tobacco use among persons ages
12 or older, 39. Utah had the lowest rate, 19.

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The report estimates
state rates of use of illegal drugs, binge drinking, serious mental illness
and tobacco use.0 percent.4 percent, for
marijuana use among those ages 12 and older in the past year, while Alaska had
the highest rate, 16. In comparison, Albuquerque accounts
for 41 percent of the state's population . Because of the many changes
introduced in 2003, these data cannot be compared with data from prior years.samhsa.

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Other states with high past month use of any illicit drug include
Colorado, Montana , Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Vermont and the District of Columbia. The highest rate of alcohol
dependence or abuse is 10. Similarly, 50 percent of the state's drug -
related suicides came from Albuquerque. Unlike in
the past, DAWN now captures any death related to recent drug use, including
drug misuse, abuse, and drug-related suicides. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability,
capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention ,
addictions treatment and mental health service delivery systems.

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SAMHSA Unveils State Substance Abuse Data from 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health; High Rate of Illicit Drug Use in the District of Columbia

"State-by-state data is a powerful tool for policymakers at the federal,
state and local levels to identify needs and target prevention and treatment
resources. While we as a nation are making overall progress in reducing
illicit drug use among youth, it is clear from the findings that illicit drug,
alcohol and tobacco use vary substantially among states and regions, " SAMHSA
Administrator Charles Curie said.5 percent. The
national current use rate for marijuana was 6.2 percent.

New Mexico Deaths Due to Drug Misuse in 2003 Released

The rate for Bernalillo
County alone was 243 drug misuse deaths per million population.

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0 percent in Alaska for all persons ages 12
and older. "Americans must begin to
confront drug use -- and drug users -- honestly and directly . Department of Health and
Human Services.

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Arizona and Colorado were the only two states that ranked in the top
fifth for all three age groups, 12-17, 18 to 25 and 26 or older.

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percent in Utah to a high of 12.9 percent. North Dakota had the highest rate,
31.8 percent in North Dakota.S.

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For current use -- use in the
past month -- Utah had the lowest rate, 4.
The highest rate of past year cocaine use among persons ages 12 or older
was found in Colorado, 3.6
percent.2 percent.

This is the first year that SAMHSA's Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) has
collected mortality data from states, as part of a redesigned DAWN.

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Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota , Iowa, Wisconsin,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island also had high rates of binge drinking.
The report estimates that Tennessee has the lowest rate of past year
dependence on or abuse of alcohol , 6. This compares to the national rate of 10.9 percent.7 percent.

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0 percent of the population ages 12
and older, while New Hampshire had the highest rate, 10.
"Amazingly, the vast majority of people who need but do not receive
treatment for a serious drug or alcohol problem don't even recognize they have
a problem," SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie said.
The full report is available online at http://dawninfo.

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The data are from "State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2002 -2003
National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. The District of Columbia
had the highest rate of past year illicit drug dependence or abuse, 4.
New Mexico had the highest percentage of persons ages 12 or older needing
treatment for an illicit drug use problem, but not receiving it, 3.
Rhode Island had the highest rate of serious mental illness among persons
ages 18 or older, 11 percent, while Hawaii had the lowest rate in the nation
at 7.

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7 percent. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability,
capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention ,
addictions, treatment and mental health service delivery system.

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4.oas. The
findings are from a new report, "Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2003: Area
Profiles of Drug-Related Mortality," which is based on data submitted by
medical examiners and coroners in selected metropolitan areas, New Mexico, and
five other states.
The 2003 DAWN also has mortality data from jurisdictions in 32
metropolitan areas.

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"To help continue to build on the gains we
have made, SAMHSA announced last year a total of $230 million over five years
to implement its Strategic Prevention Framework in 19 States and two
territories to advance community-based programs for substance abuse
prevention , mental health promotion and mental illness prevention. This compares with Kansas and Iowa, which had the lowest rate of
dependence or abuse, 2.

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" SAMHSA combined two years of data
from the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health to enhance the
precision of estimates for the less populous states.0
percent.samhsa. Of the 303 drug-related deaths, only 99 involved a
single drug.

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Of the drug misuse deaths for New Mexico, 51 percent came from the
Albuquerque metropolitan area.

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Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, and South Dakota all ranked in the top fifth of
states for all three age groups for needing but not receiving treatment for an
alcohol problem. WASHINGTON, There were 303 drug misuse deaths in
New Mexico in 2003, and another 36 drug-related suicides, the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today. The total
population for the State of New Mexico was estimated to be 1 .

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Utah had the lowest rate in the nation for binge alcohol use in the past
month among all persons ages 12 or older, 15. Binge alcohol use is
defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least one
day in the 30 days prior to the survey.8
percent for marijuana use in the past year.

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human
Services.

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Estimates of past month use of any illicit drug ranged from a low of 6.2 percent.