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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug 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 illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem over a one year period was 148,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 33,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Arizona over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 49,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Arizona over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 66,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Arizona over a one year period were 26 or
older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana 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 illicit drug users other than marijuana
users in a one month period was 206,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 35,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Arizona over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17 years
old.
- An estimated 54,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Arizona over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25 years
old.
- An estimated 117,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Arizona over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug 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 illicit drug users in a one month period
was 392,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 61,000 of the illicit drug users in Arizona were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 114,000 of the illicit drug users in Arizona were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 217,000 of the illicit drug users in Arizona were 26
or older.
Arizona Statistics
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Both new and experienced users risk overdosing on heroin because it is impossible for them to know the purity of the heroin they are using. (Heroin sold on the street often is mixed with other substances such as sugar, starch, or quinine. An added risk results when heroin is mixed with poisons such as strychnine.) Heroin overdoses--which can result whether the drug is snorted, smoked, or injected--can cause slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and even death. Adults 18 to 25 years of age currently have the highest percentage of cocaine use than any other age group. Heroin is smuggled into the United States and Europe from areas such as the Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia); with Afghanistan currently being "the world's largest exporter of heroin". When cocaine is abused recreationally it is not often taken by mouth. Toxic reactions, including death, have occurred in people who swallow the drug to avoid police detection or border authorities. This smuggling attempt is known as body packing. |
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