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Current Issues in Substance Abuse Texas Tech Counselor Education Conference 2013 Texas Tech College of Education

Current Issues in Substance Abuse Texas Tech Counselor Education Conference 2013 Texas Tech College of Education. Bret Hendricks, EdD , LPC-Supervisor Shih-Han Huang, M. Ed, PhD in progress Phil Murphy, M. Ed in Progress. General Information of Substance Use .

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Current Issues in Substance Abuse Texas Tech Counselor Education Conference 2013 Texas Tech College of Education

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  1. Current Issues in Substance AbuseTexas Tech Counselor Education Conference 2013Texas Tech College of Education Bret Hendricks, EdD, LPC-Supervisor Shih-Han Huang, M. Ed, PhD in progress Phil Murphy, M. Ed in Progress

  2. General Information of Substance Use • Slightly more than half (51.8 percent) of Americans aged 12 or older reported being current drinkers (133.4 million) of alcohol in the 2011 survey • Nearly one quarter (22.6 percent) of persons (58.3 million) aged 12 or older participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days prior to the survey in 2011. • In 2011, heavy drinking was reported by 6.2 percent of the population aged 12 or older, or 15.9 million people. • In 2011, an estimated 22.5 million Americans aged 12 or older were current illicit drug users, and this estimate represents 8.7 percent of the population aged 12 or older.

  3. General Information of Substance Use, Cont • Among youths aged 12 to 17, the current illicit drug use rate (10.1 percent)was higher than the rate in 2008 (9.3 percent). • The rate of current use of illicit drugs among young adults aged 18 to 25 increased from 19.7 percent in 2008 to 21.4 percent in 2011. • In 2011, an estimated 3.1 million persons aged 12 or older used an illicit drug for the first time within the past 12 months. • The 2011 average age at initiation among persons aged 12 to 49 was 18.1 years

  4. General Information of Substance Use, Cont • Illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics (pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives) used nonmedically. • Marijuana was the most commonly used illicit drug. • In 2011, the illicit drug categories with the largest number of past year initiates among persons aged 12 or older were marijuana use (2.6 million) and nonmedical use of pain relievers (1.9 million). • In 2011, as in prior years, the rate of current illicit drug use among persons aged 12 or older was higher for males (11.1 percent) than for females (6.5 percent).

  5. General Information of Substance Use, Cont • In 2011, the illicit drug categories with the largest number of past year initiates among persons aged 12 or older were marijuana use (2.6 million) and nonmedical use of pain relievers (1.9 million). • In 2011, as in prior years, the rate of current illicit drug use among persons aged 12 or older was higher for males (11.1 percent) than for females (6.5 percent).

  6. General Information of Substance Use, Cont • Figure 2.1 Illicit Drug Use among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2011

  7. Treatment • In 2011, 3.8 million persons aged 12 or older (1.5 percent of the population) received treatment for a problem related to the use of alcohol or illicit drugs. • Of these, 1.2 million received treatment for the use of both alcohol and illicit drugs, 0.8 million received treatment for the use of illicit drugs but not alcohol, and 1.4 million received treatment for the use of alcohol but not illicit drugs.

  8. Treatment Cont’ Figure 7.7 Locations Where Past Year Substance Use Treatment Was Received among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2011

  9. Theories Used in Treatment • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(depression,thebigcomplicationofthislensissuicide) • Behavioral Therapy • Solution Focused Brief Therapy • Functional Family Therapy

  10. More Information Needed Regarding • Treatment of Women • Treatment issue of young children • LGBTQ population: diverse groups within this population

  11. K-2/ Spice: Contradiction between Federal Government and Local • On March 1, 2011, DEA published a final order in the Federal Register temporarily placing five synthetic cannabinoids into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) . As a result of this order, the full effect of the CSA and its implementing regulations including criminal, civil and administrative penalties, sanctions, and regulatory controls of Schedule I substances will be imposed on the manufacture, distribution, possession, importation and exportation of these synthetic cannabinoids.

  12. Nasty Info. of Possessing Schedule One Substance

  13. Nasty Info. of Producing a Schedule I or II Substance

  14. Questions?

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