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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Alabama Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Alabama it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation
approach that the total number of individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem over a one year period was 99,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 18,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Alabama over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 33,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Alabama over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 49,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Alabama over a one year period were 26 or
older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Alabama Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Alabama it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation
approach that the total number of illicit drug users other than marijuana
users in a one month period was 137,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 20,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Alabama over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17 years
old.
- An estimated 40,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Alabama over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25 years
old.
- An estimated 77,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Alabama over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Alabama Over a One Month Period (Annual
Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Alabama it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation
approach that the total number of illicit drug users in a one month
period was 245,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic
used nonmedically
- An estimated 37,000 of the illicit drug users in Alabama were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 80,000 of the illicit drug users in Alabama were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 128,000 of the illicit drug users in Alabama were 26 or
older.
Alabama Statistics
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Once the heroin is smuggled into America, drug dealers cut, or dilute, the heroin (1 part heroin to 9 to 99 parts dilutor) with sugars, starch, or powdered milk before selling it to addicts. Also, quinine is added to imitate the bitter taste of heroin so the addict cannot tell how much heroin is actually present. Heroin is often sold in single-dose bags of 0.1 gram (0.03 oz.), each costing between $5 and $46 (1992). One pound of diluted heroin yields approximately 4,500 doses. Methamphetamine can be produced in home laboratories using pseudoephedrine or ephedrine, the active ingredients in over-the-counter drugs such as Sudafed and Contac. As of 2007, meth and meth lab seizure data suggests that approximately 80 percent of the methamphetamine used in the United States originates from larger methamphetamine laboratories operated by Mexican-based syndicates on both sides of the border, and that approximately 20 percent comes from small toxic labs in the United States. 560,000 people used heroin last year. |
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