Rural Substance Abuse Partnership (RSAP) State Profile: WYOMING
Overview: The Rural Substance Abuse Partnership (RSAP), organized with the help of a U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs BJA Congressionally Mandated Award in 2004, was formed to improve understanding about rural patterns of drug abuse. Nineteen rural states across the country plus the District of Columbia make up RSAP. Substance use-related data includes: state demographics, use & abuse, youth, treatment, trafficking & arrests, and injury & death. For more complete information, visit http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP. I. Demographics • Wyoming Census o Quick Facts: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/56000.html o Area: 97,100.40 sq. mi o Population: 493,782 (2000 actual census); 515,004 (2006 estimate) o Population Density: 5.1 persons per sq. mi (2000 actual census) Total # of Wyoming Counties: 23 http://www.n9jig.com/counties/county.html Individual Wyoming County Populations http://mcdc.missouri.edu/websas/dp3_2kmenus/us/Counties/WY56.html General census state demographic profiles Summaries of data on household demographics, income, poverty, housing, employment, education, ancestry, migration, language, disability and other information are available in .pdf format tables for each state. http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/webrepts/sdcprofiles3/us/states/ Population estimates for all states The Population Estimates Program publishes state population estimates each year for total population with details on age, sex, race and Hispanic origin. The first release of total population estimates at the end of the calendar year includes demographic components of change (births, deaths, and migration). Later releases include population data by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin and give numbers for single year of age, different age groupings, and median age. These data are estimates of the population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of July 1 of each year. Downloadable datasets available. http://www.census.gov/popest/states/
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II. Substance Use and Abuse • • • • Wyoming Department of Health, Substance Abuse Division http://wdh.state.wy.us/sad/index.html Wyoming Comprehensive Substance Abuse Community (CSAC) http://wdh.state.wy.us/sad/csac/index.html Wyoming Drug Trends http://www.usdrugtrends.com/wyoming.htm Wyoming state drug and alcohol policies Provides information, strategic planning assistance, and leadership development for communitybased efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment. http://www.jointogether.org/getinvolved/state/wyoming/
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National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, initiated in 1971, is a face-to-face sample of approximately 68,000 persons over age 12. The survey measures illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco in the civilian, non-institutionalized US population. Website features: downloadable datasets, national summaries and significant state findings, and online analysis. Because of survey improvements, 2002 and later surveys should not be compared with 2001 and earlier surveys. Data can be reported at the national or state level. http://oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh.htm
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) for Rural Substance Abuse Partnership States View and compare significant differences in drug use prevalence between NSDUH survey years as well as quintile placement for RSAP states. Significance, percentages, and annual averages based on National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Data reported by age group, region and state. • • •
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Illicit Drug Use in Past Month
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD1.htm
Marijuana Use in Past Year
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD2.htm
Marijuana Use in Past Month
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD3.htm
Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Past Month
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD6.htm
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Cocaine Use in Past Year
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD7.htm
Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Past Year
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD8.htm
Illicit Drug Dependence or Abuse in Past Year
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD18.htm
Illicit Drug Dependence in Past Year
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD19.htm
Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug Use in Past Year
http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/tableD21.htm
Download entire file MS Word: http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/nsduhstates.doc PDF: http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/data/nsduhstates.pdf
Source: Office of Applied Studies. (2007). Changes in Prevalence Rates of Drug Use between 2002-2003 and 2004-2005 among States. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Online sources: http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/states.htm http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k3State/LOF.htm (2002-2003 maps) http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k4State/LOF.htm (2003-2004 maps) http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k5State/LOF.htm (2004-2005 maps)
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State-specific information on methamphetamine http://www.methresources.gov/MethByState.aspx o Wyoming Methamphetamine Initiative http://wdh.state.wy.us/sad/meth/index.html
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Wyoming’s Methamphetamine Initiative: The Power of Informed Process, Practitioner Perspectives (May 2001), Bureau of Justice Assistance http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bja/186266.pdf Wyoming Methamphetamine Treatment Initiative, April 2002, Wyoming Office of the Attorney General, Department of Health and Social Services, Department of Probation and Parole http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/194103.pdf MethKillsWyoming, Wyoming Department of Health http://www.methkillswyoming.org/ Wyoming Clandestine Labs, State of Wyoming Attorney General http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/dci/clan_labs.html
Wyoming Profiles and Publications, Office of National Drug Control Policy Includes downloadable 2006 state report plus 2003 Cheyenne area reports. Includes drugrelated use, arrests, trafficking, and treatment summarized from a wide range of national and state datasets. Because of differences in reporting, this should not be used to compare states. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/statelocal/wy/index.html o State Prevention Inventory http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/prevent/prev%5Finventory/wyoming.pdf o Inventory of State Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Activities and Expenditures http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/inventory/wy.pdf National Co-Morbidity Survey (NCS), National Institute on Drug Abuse The first NCS survey was administered in the early 1990s; the second follow-up survey was carried out in the homes of a nationally representative sample of respondents aged 18 years and older between February 2001 and April 2003. Drugs covered by this survey include alcohol, tobacco, sedatives, stimulants, tranquilizers, analgesics, inhalants, marijuana/hashish, cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, medical/nonmedical use of prescription drugs, and polysubstance use. o 1990-1992: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA/STUDY/06693.xml o 2001-2003: http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA-STUDY/04438.xml
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III. Youth • Wyoming First Lady’s Initiative to Reduce Childhood Drinking Website includes survey assessment, policy issues, youth resources http://www.wfli.org/ Wyoming Kids Count, Substance Abuse Data and Reports This data link allows users to access state-specific inventories of data from local sources, such as health departments, human services agencies, and schools. o http://www.kidscount.org/sld/profile_results.jsp?r=52&d=1 o Wyoming Children’s Action Alliance http://www.wykids.org/ Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention This biannual survey, which was started in 1991, targets students in grades 9-12 in public and private schools. The YRBSS measures health risk factors, including alcohol and drug use. Website features: downloadable datasets, surveillance summaries, and online analysis. Data can be reported at the state level and includes selected county and city information as well. o YRBSS “Healthy Youth!” results for Wyoming: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/SelHealthTopic.asp?Loc=WY o Wyoming Healthy Youth http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/states/wy.htm
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Wyoming Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2001-2007), Wyoming Department of Education http://www.k12.wy.us/HS/yrbs/yrbs.asp Results of the 2003 Wyoming Youth risk Behavior Survey (ERIC) http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true &_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED483715&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_ accno&accno=ED483715
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Monitoring the Future survey (MTF), University of Michigan This national survey of adolescent drug use, which began in 1975, focuses on youth in grades 8, 10, and 12, as well as a small sub-sample of previous-year 12th grade participants. The current sample size is approximately 50,000 students located in roughly 400 schools, both private and public. Website features: online analysis, downloadable datasets, and the most recent Overview of Key Findings for a national sample. Survey does not report data at the state level. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA/DAS/04536.xml
IV. Substance Abuse Treatment • • Wyoming substance abuse treatment facility locator http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/PrxInput.aspx?STATE=Wyoming Wyoming National Treatment Episode Dataset (TEDS) National- and state-level information on the numbers and characteristics of individuals admitted to alcohol and drug treatment and describe the facilities that deliver care to those individuals. Admissions are affected by differences in State reporting practices, varying definitions of treatment admission, availability of public funds, and public funding constraints http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/tedsweb/tab_year.choose_year_web_table?t_state=WY Downloadable TEDS datasets http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/SAMHDA-SERIES/00056.xml Wyoming Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directory, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment A resource sponsored by the Division of State and Community Assistance of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to provide information exchange between CSAT staff and State and local alcohol and substance abuse agencies. http://www.treatment.org/states/wy.html
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V. Drug Trafficking, Arrests, Seizures, Prosecutions • Trafficking o Wyoming Fact Sheet 2007, US Drug Enforcement Administration Provides consolidated information about the use, availability, trafficking and seizures of specific drugs statewide. Also includes information about enforcement and legislation. http://www.dea.gov/pubs/states/wyoming.html o Department of Justice, Wyoming Drug Threat Assessment Strategic assessment that addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat posed by each drug type or category, taking into account the most current quantitative and qualitative information on availability, demand, production or cultivation, transportation, and distribution, as well as the effects of a particular drug on abusers and society as a whole. http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs07/712/ Wyoming Threat Assessment 2001 (.pdf file) http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs07/712/712p.pdf o Wyoming High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Provides State and local profiles, contacts, and resources about drug trafficking. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/hidta/wy.html
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Arrests o Crime in Wyoming, Division of Criminal Investigation, Office of Attorney General http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/dci/CrimeInWyomingReports.html o Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR), Federal Bureau of Investigation PDF reports or downloadable excel files of information by state, city, or offense http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/03cius.htm o UCR, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data website Detailed county-level arrest and Offense data (most recent 2002) http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/DAS/04009.xml o National Forensic Laboratory Information System, US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration The National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) is a U.S.DEA-sponsored project that systematically collects results from solid-dosage drug analyses conducted by State and local forensic laboratories across the country. Website provides links to reports and is searchable by topic. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/nflis/index.html o Wyoming Lab Seizures by County, National Clandestine Laboratory Register http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/seizures/wyoming.html Prosecution o Wyoming Drug Prosecutions, National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/dppp/drug_prevention_wy.html o NDAA Overview of State Programs (PDF document) http://www.ndaa-apri.org/pdf/overview_programs.pdf o Wyoming Marijuana Laws http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=&Group_ID=4574 o Domestic Cannabis Cultivation by state (with maps), National Drug Intelligence Center (February 2007). http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs21/22486/dlinks.htm PDF (11MB) Special sections on HI, OR, KY, and WV: http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs21/22486/22486p/22486p.pdf Drug Courts o Wyoming Drug Court http://wdh.state.wy.us/sad/drugcourt/wyodrugcourts.html o American University Justice School of Public Affairs, Programs Office Website features: filter by all drug court activity, juvenile drug court, or tribal drug court Wyoming BJA Summary of Drug Court Activity Map http://spa.american.edu/justice/map.php BJA Reports & Publications (choose report type and state) http://spa.american.edu/justice/drugcourts.php o 2004 National Drug Courts Report Card, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National-level data (PDF document) http://www.ndci.org/publications/paintingcurrentpicture.pdf
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VI. Accidental Injury & Death • Poisoning o WISQARSTM National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARSTM) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, searchable by state or region. http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10_sy.html
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Medical Examiner and Coroner Systems o Wyoming Death Investigation System Descriptions http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/mecisp/wyoming.htm Prescription Monitoring Programs o Wyoming Prescription Monitoring Program, State Board of Pharmacy http://pharmacyboard.state.wy.us/pdmp.asp o State Monitoring of Prescription Drugs and Other Substances Bill Status Update (PDF), National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (April 2007) As of February 2007, update includes summaries of bills related to electronic tracking systems for retail sales of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine products http://www.natlalliance.org/pdfs/April%202007.pdf o Prescription Drug Monitoring Project, National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws General information, includes information for Wyoming. http://www.natlalliance.org/prescription_drug.asp o State Prescription Monitoring Program Reports, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration Overview of Prescription Monitoring Programs, includes state contacts but no statespecific information listed. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/program/index.html
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VIII. Maps/GIS Profiles http://www.umaine.edu/MCSC/RSAP/maps IX. For more information, contact: Marcella H. Sorg, RN, PhD, D-ABFA Director, Rural Substance Abuse Partnership Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center 5715 Coburn Hall University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469 (207) 581-1648 phone (207) 581-1266 fax marcella.sorg@umit.maine.edu
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