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Treatment Trends 2015-2016 SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) – 2014 data showed that 21.2 million Americans ages 12 and older needed treatment for an illegal drug or alcohol use problem in 2014. However, only about 2.5 million people received the specialized treatment they needed in the previous 12 months. Because of the Affordable Care Act, addressing the removal of barriers via creating access to a range of health plans required to cover essential benefits including mental health and substance abuse treatments more American have obtained treatment. According to OSAM (Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network) report covering the past year ( January thru December 2016: The Akron – Canton area has seen an increase in alcohol, powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamines over this period.The Akron – Canton area has seen an increase in the amount of law enforcement seizures and arrest involving these substances, yet the ease of availability of these substances has not been affected. UOPBHS has experienced steady increase over the past two years of self-reported alcohol, cocaine/crack, opiates/heroin, marijuana, and amphetamines use among treatment participants.