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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Washington Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Washington 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 164,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 32,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Washington over a one year period were between
the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 69,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Washington over a one year period were between
the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 64,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Washington over a one year period were 26
or older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Washington Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Washington 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 211,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 32,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Washington over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17
years old.
- An estimated 64,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Washington over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25
years old.
- An estimated 115,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Washington over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Washington Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Washington 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 499,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 71,000 of the illicit drug users in Washington were
between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 161,000 of the illicit drug users in Washington were
between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 266,000 of the illicit drug users in Washington were
26 or older.
Washington Statistics
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Cocaine hydrochloride, the form in which cocaine is snorted or injected is often "cut," or mixed, with things that look like it. The final product can be from 1% to 95% pure. Common additives are sugars, such as mannitol, lactose, or glucose, or even sugar substitutes, and local anesthetics such as tetracaine, procaine, and lidocaine. Quinine, talc, and cornstarch have also been used. Some consumers may unknowingly purchase a supply without any cocaine, but just a cocaine substitute such as caffeine, amphetamine, PCP, procaine, and lidocaine. Although the root causes of drug addiction remain unclear, the new study reveals that scientists have identified a number of biological, psychological and social conditions that can help to identify whether a person will become an addict. As with other amphetamines, tolerance to methamphetamine is not completely understood, but known to be sufficiently complex that it cannot be explained by any single mechanism. The extent of tolerance and the rate at which it develops varies widely between individuals, and even within one person it is highly dependent on dosage, duration of use and frequency of administration. Many cases of narcolepsy were treated with methamphetamine for years without escalating doses or any apparent loss of effect. 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. |
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