[HARMRED] Treatment for Abuse of Benzodiazepines Soars

[Mark Kinzly]

Treatment for Abuse of Benzodiazepines Soars
By Join Together Staff |  																						June 10, 2011 | 2 Comments  | 
Filed in Addiction, Drugs & Prescription Drugs 

Treatment for abuse of benzodiazepines—which are used to  treat anxiety, 
insomnia and seizure disorders—almost tripled from 1998  to 2008, according to a 
new national study.
The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) found that substance abuse treatment admissions for  benzodiazepines 
among those 12 and older increased from 22,400 in 1998  to 60,200 in 2008, 
Medical News Today reports. In contrast, overall treatment admissions for all 
substances during this period rose 11 percent.
SAMHSA found that benzodiazepine-related admissions represented 3.2  percent of 
all substance abuse admissions in 2008, up from 1.3 percent  in 1998. White, 
non-Hispanic men made up the majority of  benzodiazepine-related admissions.
Most of the benzodiazepine-related admissions also involved the abuse  of 
another substance, and benzodiazepines were often the secondary drug  of abuse, 
the report found. Overall, opiates were the primary substance  of abuse in 54.2 
percent of these cases. Among teenagers, however,  marijuana was the most 
frequently reported primary substance that was  abused. Among those age 45 and 
older, alcohol and opiates were the most  common primary substances that were 
abused.
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