average %               average %      average %         
               clients    change       clients        clients     other drugs
   REGION     with drug    from       injecting      inhaling/      used (%
               listed      last                       smoking     mentioned)
             as primary    year
                drug
              of abuse
I                 50      increas    29%      19         81      heroin           33%
N=10                      e          57%                         marijuana        44%
                          no         14%                         alcohol         100%
                          change                                                     
                          decreas                                                    
                          e                                                          
II                39      increas    27%      6          94      heroin           17%
N=14                      e          73%                         marijuana        33%
                          no          0%                         alcohol          75%
                          change                                 tranquilizers     8%
                          decreas                                other            17%
                          e                                                          
III               36      increas     8%      20         80      heroin           17%
N=14                      e          68%                         marijuana        75%
                          no         24%                         alcohol          92%
                          change                                 amphetamines     17%
                          decreas                                                    
                          e
IV                13      increas    25%      29         71      heroin            8%
N=12                      e          67%                         marijuana        42%
                          no                                     alcohol          83%
                          change      8%                         amphetamines     17%
                          decreas                                other            25%
                          e                                                          
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, Nebraska, North and South Dakota

Region IV: Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, California, Idaho, 
          New Mexico, Washington, Oregon
                                         


Table 6 (cont'd.)

Treatment Providers' Report on

Characteristics of Users by Drug of Abuse

April 1996

DRUG:  COCAINE/CRACK


         Average percent         Average percent by     Average percent  Average percent
              by Age                Race/Ethnicity         by Sex          with Prior                     t
REGION                                                                    Treatment
         under                   Africa          Hispan                              
           20    21-30    31+      n-     White  ic and    Male   FIale   Yes      No
                                 Americ           Other
                                   an
I          2       38      60       40      41      19      69      31      64       36
N=10




II         6       41      53       49      45      6       55      45      70       30
N=14




III        6       37      57       56      42      2       71      29      72      28
N=14




IV         3       41      56       14      58      28      67      33      36      64
N=12