Drug Use in America

DRUG USE In 2011, an estimated 22.5 million Americans aged 12 or older has used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug. IN AMERICA SOURCE - HTTP://www.DRUGABUSE.GOV 1/2 THE DRUG THAT STARTED IT ALL More then of new drug users begin with Marijuana. 67.5% 14% 7.5% 3.1 Million 4.2% 2.8% 2.6% Marijuana Tranquilizers Sedatives Pain Relievers Hallucinogens Cocaine Inhalants Stimulants Heroin 1.2% .20% .10% DRUG OF CHOICE 3.0million There were just over ILLICIT 22.5 initiates of illicit drugs in 2011 MARIJUANA Vми 18.1 PYSCHOTHERAPEUTICS MAT 6.1 COCAINE 1.6 8,400 Daily or = 1 Millon HALLUCINOGENS 1.0 Totals Th F INHALANTS 0.6 of the 0.3 POPULATION 1/2 HEROIN were under eighteen 10 15 20 25 There continues to be a large treatment gap in this country. In 2011, 21.6 million Americans (8.4 percent) needed treatment for a problem related to drugs or alcohol, but only about 2.3 million people (less than 1 %) received treatment at a specialty facility. Marijuana 4,165,000 Heroin 426,000 Stimulants 329, 000 Pain Relievers 1,768,000 Tranquilizers 400,000 Inhalants 141, 000 Cocaine 821,000 Hallucinogens 342,000 Sedatives 78, 000 HTTP://www.DRUGABUSE.GOV ILLICIT DRUG USE IN AMERICA HAS BEEN INCREASING. DEPENDENCE