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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Delaware Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Delaware 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 20,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 3,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Delaware over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 7,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Delaware over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 10,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Delaware over a one year period were 26 or
older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Delaware Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Delaware 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 26,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 4,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Delaware over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17
years old.
- An estimated 9,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Delaware over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25
years old.
- An estimated 13,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Delaware over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Delaware Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Delaware 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 58,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 9,000 of the illicit drug users in Delaware were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 23,000 of the illicit drug users in Delaware were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 27,000 of the illicit drug users in Delaware were 26
or older.
Delaware Statistics
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In 2000, as part of DAWN's year-end emergency data report, heroin related emergency room visits increased 15% from the last year. Freebasing involves the conversion of cocaine hydrochloride into cocaine sulfate that is "free" of the additives and nearly 100% pure. It is not water soluble and has a low melting point, so it can be smoked. Those who choose to create freebase cocaine run the risk of being burned by the conversion process because a highly volatile solvent, such as ether, is being used. 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. 10% of the 2,000,000 people who take heroin every year in the United States actually use the drug habitually (approximately 220,000) |
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