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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Alaska Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Alaska 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 16,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 4,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Alaska over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 5,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Alaska over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 6,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Alaska over a one year period were 26 or
older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Alaska Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Alaska 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 20,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 4,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Alaska over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17 years
old.
- An estimated 5,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Alaska over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25 years
old.
- An estimated 11,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Alaska over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Alaska Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Alaska 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 60,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 9,000 of the illicit drug users in Alaska were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 17,000 of the illicit drug users in Alaska were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 34,000 of the illicit drug users in Alaska were 26
or older.
Alaska Statistics
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Cocaine looks like a white crystalline powder. It is often sold in aluminum foil, plastic/paper packets, or small vials. The cocaine that is distributed on the street in two main forms: powder cocaine and crack cocaine. Crack is cocaine hydrochloride that has been processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water into a freebase cocaine — chips, chunks, or rocks. On the illicit market, crack is sold in small, inexpensive dosage units. By the turn of the twentieth century, the addictive properties of cocaine had become clear, and the problem of cocaine abuse began to capture public attention in the United States. In more hopeful news, a recent survey of high school juniors and seniors found that 78% felt that heroin was "too great a risk" to try. Among teens 12 to 17, the average age of first trying marijuana was 14 years old. |
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