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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug 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 illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem over a one year period was 289,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 58,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Illinois over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 106,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Illinois over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 124,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Illinois over a one year period were 26 or
older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana 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 illicit drug users other than marijuana
users in a one month period was 339,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 56,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Illinois over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17
years old.
- An estimated 104,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Illinois over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25
years old.
- An estimated 179,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Illinois over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug 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 illicit drug users in a one month period
was 772,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 117,000 of the illicit drug users in Illinois were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 279,000 of the illicit drug users in Illinois were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 375,000 of the illicit drug users in Illinois were 26
or older.
Illinois Statistics
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Rolled up banknotes, hollowed-out pens, cut straws, pointed ends of keys, specialized spoons, long fingernails, and (clean) tampon applicators are often used to insufflate cocaine. Such devices are often called "tooters" by users. The cocaine typically is poured onto a flat, hard surface (such as a mirror, CD case or book) and divided into "bumps", "lines" or "rails", and then insufflated. Orally administered cocaine takes approximately 30 minutes to enter the bloodstream. The cultivation of opium in Afghanistan reached its peak in 1999, when 225,000 acres - 350 square miles - of poppies were sown. The following year the Taliban banned poppy cultivation, a move which cut production by 94 per cent. By 2001 only 30 square miles of land was in use for growing opium poppies. A year later, after American and British troops had removed the Taliban and installed the interim government, the land under cultivation leapt back to 285 square miles, with Afghanistan supplanting Burma to become the world's largest opium producer once more. 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. |
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