Drug Addiction: Methadone & Heroin Facts

Question: World drug addiction statistics?

(Posted by: on 2009-12-18 21:32:21)

I was extremely curious if anyone has a chart or something saying what percentage of the population are drug/ alcohol addicts split up country to country. It seems like the rate is very high in the United States meaning that just being born here makes us more prone to drug addiction. Very interesting..

Posted by: canada_winnipeg_man on 2009-12-22, 20:17:02

Cocaine Statistics 1 out of 4 Americans between the age of 26 and 34 have used cocaine in their lifetime. According to the Minnesota Institute for Public Health and drug prevention resource center, 5,000 adults in the United States try cocaine for the first time each day. (1985) Today it is estimated that 22 to 25 million people have tried cocaine at least once. Conservative estimates indicate that there are over two million cocaine addicts in the United States today. Contrary to earlier belief high dose use of cocaine can be detected as long as 10 to 22 days after last use. Take care as always!

Posted by: dcokefiend on 2009-12-18, 21:48:46

I don't think we are more prone, we just have a lot more access. People can abuse prescription drugs quite easily by going to different MD's. Then they get hooked and will buy off the street if they can't get a prescription. Just like we have more shootings than most places, the guns are easily had.

Posted by: Nina on 2009-12-18, 21:53:25

Hi, Max. 20 years ago more than 1 million people were arrested for drugs every year; about 80% if tgese arrests were prosecuted and 50% of those arrested actually went to jail. More than 1.2 million were in federal and state prisons and jails, 1/ 3 of state prisoners, 1/ 4 of jail inmates, and 2/ 5 of youth convicted of a violent crime said they were under the influence of a drug at the time of their offense. Imagine what it is today. Don't have stats for other countries.