Arkansas Illicit Drugs Statistics

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

In Arkansas 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 66,000. For this estimation illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 12,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction or drug abuse problem in Arkansas over a one year period were between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 24,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction or drug abuse problem in Arkansas over a one year period were between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 30,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction or drug abuse problem in Arkansas over a one year period were 26 or older.

Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Arkansas Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):

In Arkansas 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 87,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 15,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users in Arkansas over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 28,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users in Arkansas over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 44,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users in Arkansas over a one month period were 26 or older.

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

In Arkansas 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 173,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 27,000 of the illicit drug users in Arkansas were between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 64,000 of the illicit drug users in Arkansas were between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 83,000 of the illicit drug users in Arkansas were 26 or older.

Arkansas 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

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.

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.

From 1999 to 2000, the use of MDMA increased among all three grade levels measured in this study - 8th, 10th, and 12th. For 10th and 12th graders, this is the second consecutive year MDMA use has increased. Past year use of MDMA increased among 8th graders from 1.7 percent in 1999 to 3.1 percent in 2000; from 4.4 percent to 5.4 percent among 10th graders; and from 5.6 percent to 8.2 percent among 12th graders. Also among 12th graders, the perceived availability of MDMA rose from 40.1 percent in 1999 to 51.4 percent in 2000.

Slang words for MDMA are ecstasy, E, XTC, X, Adam, hug, beans, clarity, lover's speed, and love drug.