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
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