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DRUG USE
Table 15. Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health (ADM) Problems Among
Homeless Clients, 1996
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ADM combination
|
Past month
(%)
|
Past year (%)
|
Lifetime (%)
|
|
Any ADM problem
|
66
|
74
|
86
|
|
Alcohol problem
|
38
|
46
|
62
|
|
Drug problem
|
26
|
38
|
58
|
|
Mental health problem
|
39
|
45
|
57
|
|
Specific Combinations
|
|
Alcohol problem only
|
13
|
12
|
9
|
|
Drug problem only
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
|
Mental health problem
only
|
17
|
15
|
10
|
|
Alcohol and drug problems
|
7
|
10
|
15
|
|
Alcohol and mental health
problems
|
10
|
10
|
15
|
|
Drug and mental health
problems
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
|
Alcohol, drug, and mental
health problems
|
8
|
14
|
30
|
|
No ADM problems
|
34
|
26
|
14
|
Source: Interagency Council on the Homeless, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Homelessness:
Programs and the People They Serve (1999).
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