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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 the 17th century, many people in Europe were treated for a variety of health problems with opium. In 1729, opium smoking was made illegal in China and soon the importation of opium was banned. This ban upset the British who were in charge of trading this valuable product. Opium was still smuggled into China and this caused the "Opium Wars" (1839-1842 and 1856-1860) between the British and the Chinese. In 1999, the average age of an adolescent in treatment at Caron for heroin addiction was about 17, with some patients as young as 14. During that same period, adult heroin users in treatment at Caron had an average age of 29 - a full 10 years younger than the average age of 39 for those admitted for other drug or alcohol treatment. 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. Ecstasy is synthetic-it doesn't come from a plant like marijuana does. Ecstasy users often make the drug in secret "labs"-in trailers, basements, and even kitchens-hidden around the country. |
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