Arizona Alcohol Statistics

Alcohol Addiction or Alcohol Abuse in Arizona Over a One Year Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):

In Arizona it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation approach that the total number of individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem over a one year period was 411,000.
- An estimated 36,000 of the individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem in Arizona over a one year period were between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 117,000 of the individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem in Arizona over a one year period were between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 258,000 of the individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem in Arizona over a one year period were 26 or older.

Binge Alcohol Use in Arizona Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):

In Arizona it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation approach that the total number of binge alcohol users over a one month period was 1,075,000.
- An estimated 58,000 of the binge alcohol users in Arizona over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 250,000 of the binge alcohol users in Arizona over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 767,000 of the binge alcohol users in Arizona over a one month period were 26 or older.

Arizona Statistics

Alabama	Alaska	Arizona
Arkansas	California	Colorado
Connecticut	Delaware	Florida
Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho
Illinois	Indiana	Iowa
Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana
Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts
Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi
Missouri	Montana	Nebraska
Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey
New Mexico	New York	North Carolina
North Dakota	Ohio	Oklahoma
Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island
South Carolina	South Dakota	Tennessee
Texas	Utah	Vermont
Virginia	Washington	West Virginia
Wisconsin	Wyoming

65% of people arrested for marijuana related crimes are for simple possession.

Cocaine is abused using numerous methods. It is snorted, injected swallowed, applied to oral, vaginal, or even rectal mucous membranes and even mixed with liquor. Snorting cocaine is the most common method of administering the drug. When one snorts cocaine they typically place a line of coke, about 0.3 cm wide by 2.5 cm long, on a smooth surface. The finely divided powder is then snorted (inhaled quickly) into a nostril through a plastic or glass straw or a rolled currency bill. This ritual is usually repeated within a few minutes using the other nostril. There are also special spoons and other paraphernalia addicts use for snorting cocaine.

The rate of heroin lifetime heroin use is higher among those in prison (23.4 percent for State and 17.9 percent for Federal).

Heroin overdose takes the lives of many users each year. It is not a surprise that those who abuse heroin are at an increased risk of death. Their excess mortality rate ranges between six to twenty times their peers who are of the same age and gender and have not abused heroin. The causes of this excess mortality are manifold, including HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and violence. Despite the HIV pandemic among injecting drug users, deaths attributed to overdose remain a major cause of mortality for heroin users, and in many countries is the leading cause of death. Typically, males are the most predominant casualties of a heroin overdose. With around 80% of heroin overdose deaths reported being male.