Pulse Check: National Trends in Drug Abuse
Winter 1995
Summary Table 9
Treatment Providers
Drug Use Patterns
DRUG: MARIJUANA
% clients
w/drug _ over
REGION listed last Other Drugs
as 1ø drug year Used
of abuse
I =10% increas 33% cocaine 8%
N=13 e alcohol 46%
no 67% other 8%
change 0%
decreas
e
II =14% increas 0% cocaine 22%
N=12 e 100% alcohol 100%
no 0% tranquiliz 11%
change ers
decreas
e
III =12% increas 0% cocaine 20%
N=13 e 90% alcohol 90%
no 10% tranquiliz 10%
change ers 10%
decreas other
e
IV =17% increas 7% cocaine 21%
N=14 e 86% alcohol 57%
no 7% hallucinog 7%
change ens 14%
decreas amphetamin 36%
e es
other
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, D.C., Puerto Rico
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, Hawaii, Alaska
Summary Table 9 (cont'd.)
Treatment Providers
Characteristics of Users by Drug of Abuse
DRUG: MARIJUANA
Percent by AgePercent by Race/Ethnicity Percent by Sex Prior Treatment
ity
REGION
under Africa Hispan
20 21-30 31+ n- White ic and Male Female Yes No
Americ Other
an
I =45% =32% =23% =28% =71% =1% =67% =33% =37% =63%
N=13
II =38% =46% =16% =18% =76% =6% =80% =20% =31% =69%
N=12
III =48% =26% =26% =13% =85% =2% =73% =27% =22% =78%
N=13
IV =30% =35% =35% =10% =71% =19% =67% =33% =27% =73%
N=14
Back to the Table of Contents
|