SAMHSA Releases New Data On Drug-Related Hospital Emergency Department Visits

The latest Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report - drawn from a sample of hospital emergency departments across the Nation - indicates that more than 1.7 million visits for treatment were associated with some form of substance misuse or abuse. The 2006 DAWN report, developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides the latest estimates on how substance use affects this critical part of the Nation’s healthcare system.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on December 20th, 2008