A recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Report, Substance Use Treatment Need and Receipt among People Living in Poverty, studied the need for and the receipt of substance use treatment among people ages 12 and older living in poverty.  The report, using NSDUH data from 2006 to 2008, found that 3.7 million people ages 12 and older living in poverty needed substance use treatment in the past year.  Only 17.9% of those 3.7 million received treatment at a specialty facility during the past year.  Males living in poverty were almost twice as likely as females living in poverty to need treatment.  People living in poverty in the age group of 18 to 25 had the highest rate of treatment need and the lowest rate of receiving treatment. The report also found that people living in poverty with no health insurance were more likely than those with insurance to have been in need of substance abuse treatment in the past year.  To view this report, please visit: oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/173/173Poverty.htm.