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 Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S.
#8109710 - 03/06/08 04:03 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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http://www.am1290.com/script/headline_newsmanager_alt.php?id=651145&feed_id=283
Vermont leads the United States in marijuana use, while Utah has the highest number of people reporting mental health problems, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday, based on a new state-by-state report.
They said substance abuse and mental health issues vary widely by state, but all struggle with these problems to some degree.
"This report shows that although states may be uniquely affected by serious public health problems like underage drinking, every state and region must confront these issues," said Terry Cline, chief of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which compiled the study.
The report found rates of underage drinking in 2005 and 2006 ranged from a low of 21.5 percent in Utah to a high of 38.3 percent in Vermont.
Yet Utah had the highest rate of adults reporting serious psychological problems at 14.4 percent in the same period, compared with Hawaii, which had the lowest at 8.8 percent.
The report takes a state-by-state look at 23 measures of substance use or mental health problems, based on combined data from national surveys done in 2005 and 2006.
It includes data from 136,110 people and offers the most recent and most comprehensive look at individual state issues to date, said Dr. Westley Clark, a substance abuse expert at SAMHSA, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Our hope is this report will allow people to do strategic planning to address specific issues," Clark said in a telephone interview.
DRUG USE VARIES STRONGLY
The study shows a contrast in the use of illicit drugs by state.
In North Dakota, just 5.7 percent of people aged 12 and older used an illicit drug in the month prior to being surveyed, compared with a high of 11.2 percent in Rhode Island.
Vermont led the nation in marijuana use by a number of measures. Among those 12 and older, 15.5 percent of those in Vermont said they had used marijuana in the prior 12 months, and 41.9 percent of young adults aged 18 to 25 said they had used marijuana in the prior year.
Utah, by contrast, had the lowest rates of marijuana use among young adults, with 18.9 percent of those 18-25 saying they had used it in the past year. Just 4.3 percent of those 12 and older in Utah said they had used marijuana in the prior month.
Cocaine use was highest in the District of Columbia during the combined survey years of 2005-2006 at 2.4 percent of those 12 and older. It was lowest in North Dakota at 1.6 percent.
Georgia had the lowest level of underage binge drinking of alcohol, with 15.2 percent reporting a binge episode in the prior month, compared with a high of 28.5 percent in North Dakota.
Clark said the report should help states make the best use of limited funding. "The better data we have, the better decisions and choices we can make and exercise," he said.
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 Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: b0red5tiff]
#8109955 - 03/06/08 06:40 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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does it say anything about depression in this article?
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: biggysmall]
#8110142 - 03/06/08 08:47 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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Depression is a common mental health problem. It does not mention depression specifically.
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: ExplosiveMango]
#8110287 - 03/06/08 09:46 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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I don't see the point in this article. Not blaming the poster, but the article talks about mental health problems, and drug use. It doesn't provide any kind of correlation between the two, they're seemingly unrelated entirely.
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: ExplosiveMango]
#8110290 - 03/06/08 09:47 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: b0red5tiff]
#8110356 - 03/06/08 10:13 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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b0red5tiff said:
http://www.am1290.com/script/headline_newsmanager_alt.php?id=651145&feed_id=283
Vermont leads the United States in marijuana use, while Utah has the highest number of people reporting mental health problems...
Vermont led the nation in marijuana use by a number of measures.
Utah, by contrast, had the lowest rates of marijuana use among young adults,
Seems that mormon ideology has a worse effect on mental health than does hippiedom/pot smoking... but we already knew that didn't we 
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: Noviseer]
#8110458 - 03/06/08 10:54 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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Amen.
Although relying on the self reporting of mental health problems doesn't seem like it would be particularly effective. 
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: NizzyJones]
#8110466 - 03/06/08 10:56 AM (7 months, 2 days ago) |
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My buddie from Maine told me about Vermont weed. Thats where Ben&Jerrys Ice Cream comes from right??
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: 2end4]
#8110935 - 03/06/08 12:56 PM (7 months, 1 day ago) |
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It includes data from 136,110 people
Does anyone else think thats a small amount of people to survey if its a NATION WIDE survey. i mean there are more people than that where i live and were just a percent of 1 percent of the total population.
also where the hell do they talk about depression. there wasn't one mention of it in the article. also why is it always coke and weed that these articles focus on. why not the more harmful drugs like tobacco and alcohol...
our government sucks at giving surveys.
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: nk pakelika]
#8111244 - 03/06/08 02:24 PM (7 months, 1 day ago) |
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I'd like to see the full report
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: Ojom]
#8111305 - 03/06/08 02:38 PM (7 months, 1 day ago) |
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coke isnt something to be fucked with, seriously
but then again id take a line over a cig any day of the week, nothing to do with price really jus going to hell in styles all
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Re: Drugs and Depression a Huge Problem in U.S. [Re: b0red5tiff]
#8115674 - 03/07/08 11:27 AM (7 months, 23 hours ago) |
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That is ridiculous that they used "Depression" in the title. Here I thought it was going to be an aritcle about pharmeceuticals. I guess "Drugs and Mental Health Issues a Huge Problem in the U.S." was not catchy enough.
Also I was surprised at some of those percentages, they seemed really low.
"Cocaine use was highest in the District of Columbia during the combined survey years of 2005-2006 at 2.4 percent of those 12 and older. It was lowest in North Dakota at 1.6 percent."
No way in hell only 2.4% of the population in the District of the Columbia use coke, I see it being much higher.
"In North Dakota, just 5.7 percent of people aged 12 and older used an illicit drug in the month prior to being surveyed, compared with a high of 11.2 percent in Rhode Island."
Just 5.7% of 12 and older used an illicit drug in the previous month? I don't know about that.
Makes me wonder about what cross-section of the population they were studying and how honest these people were being.
Also, as mentioned before, that is a very small amount of data to have surveyed and then form into sweeping results, especially since they are further dividing the 113,110 people among multiple states. This is REALLY the MOST comprehensive look at individual state issues to date? Most recent...maybe.
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