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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Connecticut Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Connecticut 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 82,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 16,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Connecticut over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 30,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Connecticut over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 36,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Connecticut over a one year period were 26
or older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Connecticut Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Connecticut 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 93,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 16,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Connecticut over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17
years old.
- An estimated 24,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Connecticut over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25
years old.
- An estimated 53,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Connecticut over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Connecticut Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Connecticut 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 249,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 37,000 of the illicit drug users in Connecticut were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 83,000 of the illicit drug users in Connecticut were
between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 130,000 of the illicit drug users in Connecticut were
26 or older.
Connecticut Statistics
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Cocaine looks like a white crystalline powder. It is often sold in aluminum foil, plastic/paper packets, or small vials. The cocaine that is distributed on the street in two main forms: powder cocaine and crack cocaine. Crack is cocaine hydrochloride that has been processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water into a freebase cocaine — chips, chunks, or rocks. On the illicit market, crack is sold in small, inexpensive dosage units. Next, the freebase cocaine is converted into cocaine hydrochloride. This is the white to off white crystalline powder most think of when they imagine of cocaine. The reasons for converting freebase cocaine into a salt form include: In the US, opium was used to treat soldiers during the Civil War (1861-1865). During the late 1800s, doctors prescribed "tonics" containing opiates for many conditions. Rarely did these medicines list opiates as one of the ingredients. In fact, heroin was marketed as a cough medicine and a cure for morphine addiction. However, many physicians had concerns about possible addiction to these medicines. The manufacture of a pound of meth creates 5-6 pounds of toxic waste. Minnesota drug officials closed down a meth lab in 2003 being operated in a ice-fishing shack. The cookers were dumping waste into the ice hole, poisoning the lake. |
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