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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in California Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In California 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 855,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 155,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in California over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 306,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in California over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 393,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in California over a one year period were 26
or older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in California Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In California 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 1,122,000. For this estimation illicit
drugs include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants,
or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 182,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in California over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17
years old.
- An estimated 275,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in California over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25
years old.
- An estimated 665,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in California over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in California Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In California 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 2,564,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 359,000 of the illicit drug users in California were
between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 738,000 of the illicit drug users in California were
between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 1,467,000 of the illicit drug users in California were
26 or older.
California Statistics
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In 2005, nearly 6.2% of high school seniors reported using methamphetamine at least once. Many people use marijuana compulsively even though it interferes with family, school, work, and recreational activities. What makes this all the more disturbing is that marijuana use has been shown to be three times more likely to lead to dependence among adolescents than among adults. Three quarters of all heroin brought into the United States comes from South America and Mexico (with South America making up the majority of this amount) There is a wealth of information regarding heroin facts and the short term effects of the drug. Soon after injection (or inhalation), heroin crosses the blood-brain barrier. In the brain, heroin is converted to morphine and binds rapidly to opioid receptors. Abusers typically report feeling a surge of pleasurable sensation - a "rush." The intensity of the rush is a function of how much drug is taken and how rapidly the drug enters the brain and binds to the natural opioid receptors. |
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