Does anyone have information (or can point me in the right direction for information) for any/all of the following:

1. Rates of substance use (legal and illegal) among people with I/DD
2. Rates of substance use disorder among people with I/DD
3. Rates of opioid addiction among people with I/DD
4. Prescription of opioids to people with I/DD
5. Evidence informed or based prevention programs that are responsive/accessible to people with I/DD
6. Evidence informed or based treatment programs that are responsive/accessible to people with I/DD

 

The following information came from my google searches. I have yet to contact authors, although I’ve been questioning people I meet who I thought might know about this.

• 1999 Medicaid claims from 49 states and found that, of 366,606 people with a diagnostic code for ID, 2.6% (n=9,484) also had a code for a substance use related treatment. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328139/#R39
• When a person with ID also has a mental illness or a dual diagnosis, the estimates of co-occurring substance abuse range from 7% to 20% http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/071211p26.shtml
• Among those who have access to and regularly use intoxicating substances, there is potentially a higher risk of abuse and addiction. When there are multiple diagnoses of intellectual disabilities or of comorbid mental illnesses, that risk increases substantially. https://sunrisehouse.com/addiction-demographics/mentally-disabled/
• In particular, people with intellectual disabilities (ID) suffer disproportionately from substance use problems, due largely to a lack of empirical evidence on what substance-related disorder prevention and treatment efforts are effective for them https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328139/#R15
• From the results of one study: While cannabis use was the only illicit substance reported, current tobacco and alcohol use were shown to be highly prevalent (48%-45.5%). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328139/#R15