    
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Hawaii Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Hawaii 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 27,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 6,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Hawaii over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 10,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Hawaii over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 11,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Hawaii over a one year period were 26 or older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Hawaii Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Hawaii 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 34,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 7,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Hawaii 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 Hawaii over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25 years
old.
- An estimated 19,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Hawaii over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Hawaii Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Hawaii 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 88,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 14,000 of the illicit drug users in Hawaii were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 24,000 of the illicit drug users in Hawaii were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 50,000 of the illicit drug users in Hawaii were 26 or
older.
Hawaii Statistics
|
|
|
After the initial effects, abusers usually will be drowsy for several hours. Mental function is clouded by heroin's effect on the central nervous system. Cardiac function slows. Heroin facts about its short term effects include severely slowed breathing, sometimes to the point of death. Both first time users and experienced heroin abusers are at risk for overdose because they never know the true purity of the heroin they are using. A heroin overdose can take place if the heroin the user has purchased is stronger than they anticipated or if the drug has been “cut” with a dangerous chemical. 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. When cocaine is abused recreationally it is not often taken by mouth. Toxic reactions, including death, have occurred in people who swallow the drug to avoid police detection or border authorities. This smuggling attempt is known as body packing. A single gram of meth, a “teener” costs about $80 and can supply 10 – 15 doses which can be smoked, snorted, injected, dissolved or swallowed. A single gram of Heroin can range from $120 - $500. |
|
