The Mental Health Social Worker

Information contained in January release of the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicate five substances accounted for 96 percent of all TEDS admissions in 2006: alcohol (40 percent); opiates (18 percent, primarily heroin); marijuana/hashish (16 percent); cocaine (14 percent); and stimulants (9 percent, primarly methamphetamines). [...]

U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050 by Jeffrey Passel and D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center February 11, 2008 Executive Summary If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82% of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 [...]