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Past Month Use of Selected Illicit Drugs among Persons
Aged 12 or Older: 2002-2009 Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration Office of Applied Studies +
Difference between this estimate and the 2009 estimate
is…

Past Year Perceived Need for and Effort Made to Receive
Specialty Treatment among Persons Aged 12 or Older Needing
But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug or Alcohol
Use: 2009 The number and the percentage of youths aged 12
to 17 who needed treatment for an illicit drug or
alcohol…

From 1997 to 2007, the milligram per person use of
prescription opioids in the U.S. increased from 74
milligrams to 369 milligrams, an increase of 402 percent

— A survey of 17 countries has found that despite its
punitive drug policies the United States has the highest
levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use. The study, by
Louisa Degenhardt (University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia) and colleagues, is based on the World Health…

“The numbers I see of people dying of heroin on a given
day, I might have four people dead in my morgue. On one
day.”

cannabis use may negatively impact male sexual performance

First Specific Drug Associated with Initiation of Illicit
Drug Use among Past Year Illicit Drug Initiates Aged 12 or
Older: 2009 Note: The percentages do not add to
100 percent due to rounding or because a small number of
respondents initiated multiple drugs on the same day. The
first…

First Specific Drug Associated with Initiation of Illicit
Drug Use among Past Year Illicit Drug Initiates Aged 12 or
Older: 2009 Note: The percentages do not add to
100 percent due to rounding or because a small number of
respondents initiated multiple drugs on the same day. The
first…

Ecstasy And Methamphetamine Increasingly Becoming First
Choice Drugs For Many In East And South-East Asia
According To New UNODC Report Main Category: Alcohol /
Addiction / Illegal Drugs Article Date: 29 Nov 2010
– 0:00 PST According to a new UNODC report,
amphetamine-type stimulants…