MINNEAPOLIS, March 25, 2008—A recently released Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) survey says that Minnesota ranks among the top two states for binge drinking, topped only by Iowa.

The report, titled "State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2005-2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health," takes a state-by-state look at 23 measures of substance use or mental health problems, based on surveys done in 2005 and 2006.

Most of the top binge drinking states were in our part of the country: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

Minnesota was among the the worst states for alcohol and drug dependence or abuse, according to the survey.

Vermont leads the United States in marijuana use, while Utah has the highest number of people reporting mental health problems, according to the report.

The report found rates of underage drinking in 2005 and 2006 ranged from a low of 21.5 percent in Utah to a high of 38.3 percent in Vermont.

Yet Utah had the highest rate of adults reporting serious psychological problems at 14.4 percent in the same period, compared with Hawaii, which had the lowest at 8.8 percent.

Complete text of the report