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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Colorado Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Colorado 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 119,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 19,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Colorado over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 50,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Colorado over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 50,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Colorado over a one year period were 26 or
older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Colorado Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Colorado 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 172,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 25,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Colorado over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17
years old.
- An estimated 48,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Colorado over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25
years old.
- An estimated 99,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Colorado over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Colorado Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Colorado 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 410,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 53,000 of the illicit drug users in Colorado were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 126,000 of the illicit drug users in Colorado were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 231,000 of the illicit drug users in Colorado were 26
or older.
Colorado Statistics
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In addition to the effects of the drug itself, street heroin may have additives that do not readily dissolve and result in clogging the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain. This can cause infection or even death of small patches of cells in vital organs. In the U.S.A the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed in 1914 to control the sale and distribution of heroin and other opiates. The law did allow heroin to be prescribed and sold for medical purposes. In particular, recreational users could often still be legally supplied with heroin and use it. In 1924, the United States Congress passed additional legislation banning the sale, importation or manufacture of heroin in the United States. It is now a Schedule I substance, and is thus illegal in the United States. Makers of ecstasy can add anything they want to the drug. So the purity of ecstasy is always in question. Those lower on the totem pole, such as heroin dealers will find that their financial gains do not compare to those in the upper levels of heroin trafficking. This is attributed to the fact that they are more often than not addicts themselves and are frequently in and out of jail. Also, U.S. laws and law enforcement have stepped up their efforts on interrupting the flow of heroin into the United States. They have also increased their efforts in arresting heroin distributors and heroin dependent individuals who commit crimes to maintain their addiction. |
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