Table 3
Treatment Providers Report on Heroin Users in Treatment
Region | ||||
| II: Mid-Atlantic and South | III: Midwest | IV: West/ Southwest | ||
| N = 15 | N = 14 | N = 20 | N = 19 | |
| Clients w/drug listed as primary drug of abuse (%) | 37 | 12 | 11 | 20 |
|
Change since last report (%) increase no change decrease |
62 38 0 |
42 58 0 |
37 53 10 |
44 50 6 |
| Clients injecting (%) | 49 | 67 | 70 | 55 |
| Clients snorting/smoking (%) | 51 | 33 | 30 | 45 |
|
Other drugs abused (% clients who mention) cocaine marijuana alcohol tranquilizers amphetamines other |
40 33 60 27 13 0 |
21 29 50 21 7 7 |
35 40 55 5 10 5 |
58 47 68 11 31 16 |
|
Average by age (%) under 20 21-30 31+ |
9 30 61 |
12 31 57 |
18 25 57 |
13 40 47 |
|
Average by race/ethnicity (%) African-American White Hispanic & Other |
28 62 10 |
35 5 6 |
41 54 5 |
14 58 28 |
|
Average by sex (%) Male Female |
71 29 |
75 25 |
73 27 |
64 36 |
|
Prior treatment (%) Yes No |
81 19 |
74 26 |
73 27 |
59 41 |
| 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, Alaska, Hawaii |
