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April 23, 2004
 Treatment
Admissions for Primary Alcohol
Abuse Among Youth Aged 18-20:
2001
According
to the 2002 National Survey on Drug
Use and Health (NSDUH), over 80
percent of youth aged 18-20 have used
alcohol in their lifetime. In
2001, there were 112,000 admissions
to substance abuse treatment among
this age group. Of these, 33 percent
(36,600 admissions) involved alcohol
as a primary substance of abuse13
percent (15,100) for the abuse of
alcohol only and 20 percent (21,500)
for the abuse of alcohol in conjunction with
other drugs.
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