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Pulse Check: National Trends in Drug Abuse

Table 3
Treatment Providers
Drug Use Patterns

Drug: Heroin

                                                                                                                    

                        % clients                                                                                  
                      w/drug listed        over                               % clients                            
REGION                 as 1  drug      last year               % clients      inhaling/      Other Drugs           
                        of abuse                               injecting       smoking         Used (%             
                                                                                             Mentioned)            

I                         =17%         increase          50%      =44%           =56%      cocaine             85% 
N=15                                   no change         36%                               marijuana           15% 
                                       decrease          14%                               alcohol             62% 
                                                                                           tranquilizers       15% 
                                                                                           amphetamines         8% 
                                                                                           other                8% 

II                        =17%         increase          18%      =65%           =35%      cocaine             55% 
N=12                                   no change         82%                               marijuana            9% 
                                       decrease           0%                               alcohol             64% 
                                                                                           tranquilizers       18% 
                                                                                           amphetamines        18% 
                                                                                           other                9% 

III                       =13%         increase          27%      =57%           =43%      cocaine             29% 
N=14                                   no change         73%                               marijuana           21% 
                                       decrease           0%                               alcohol             57% 
                                                                                           tranquilizers        7% 
                                                                                           amphetamines        14% 
                                                                                           other               14% 

IV                        =14%         increase          38%      =57%           =43%      cocaine             50% 
N=11                                   no change         62%                               marijuana           25% 
                                       decrease           0%                               alcohol             88% 
                                                                                           tranquilizers       25% 
                                                                                           amphetamines        50% 
                                                                                           other               25% 

Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New ,Jersey, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania 
Region II: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, North and  South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West  Virginia, Washington D.C. 
Region III: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota  
Region IV: Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon 



Summary Table 3 (cont'd.) Treatment Providers
Characteristics of Users by Drug of Abuse

Drug: Heroin

REGION Percent By Age Percent by Race/Ethnicity Percent by Sex Prior Treatment under African- Hispanic 20 21-30 31+ American White and Other Male Female Yes No I =10% =13% =77% =37% =50% =13% =81% =19% =59% =41% N=15 II =14% =23% =63% =28% =56% =16% =75% =25% =71% =29% N=12 III =2% =8% =90% =48% =42% =10% =62% =38% =93% =7% N=14 IV =3% =20% =77% =13% =60% =27% =68% =32% =76% =24% N=11

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