Illinois Alcohol Statistics

Alcohol Addiction or Alcohol Abuse in Illinois Over a One Year Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):

In Illinois it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation approach that the total number of individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem over a one year period was 899,000.
- An estimated 66,000 of the individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem in Illinois over a one year period were between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 269,000 of the individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem in Illinois over a one year period were between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 564,000 of the individuals with an alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse problem in Illinois over a one year period were 26 or older.

Binge Alcohol Use in Illinois Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):

In Illinois it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes estimation approach that the total number of binge alcohol users over a one month period was 2,590,000.
- An estimated 127,000 of the binge alcohol users in Illinois over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 646,000 of the binge alcohol users in Illinois over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 1,817,000 of the binge alcohol users in Illinois over a one month period were 26 or older.

Illinois Statistics

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From 1898 through to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant. Bayer marketed heroin as a cure for morphine addiction before it was discovered that heroin is rapidly metabolized into morphine, and as such, "heroin" was basically only a quicker acting form of morphine. The company was somewhat embarrassed by this new finding and it became a historical blunder for Bayer.

In 2001, 2% of college students and 4.7% of young adults (ages 19.28) reported using crack cocaine at least once during their lifetimes. 0.9% of college students and 1.3% of young adults reported past year crack use, while 0.1% of college students and 0.4% of young adults reported using crack in the past month

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.

According to federal government studies, shifts in the international drug market have doubled heroin production since the mid-1980s, leading to lower street prices for the drug. Those same studies conclude there are about eight million heroin abusers worldwide, with approximately a quarter of that group - two million - in the United States.

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