In
the 25 to 49 age group, illicit drug overdose is the fourth leading cause
of death, about the same number as motor vehicle crashes.
Children
as young as 13 have been found involved in heroin abuse. According to statistics
in 1999 heroin overdose has caused more deaths than traffic accidents.
The
1999 National Household Survey on drug abuse (NHSDA) estimated that there
were 149,000 new heroin users in 1998 and that nearly 80 percent were under
the age of 26.
Last
year, there were approximately 84,000 visits to emergency rooms in the US
due to heroin.
Over
80% of heroin users inject with a partner, yet 80% of overdose victims found
by paramedics are alone.
The
dependent person use between 150 - 250 milligrams per day. Divide into 3 doses.
The
heroin addict spends between $150 to $200 per day to maintain a heroin addiction.
In
1998. 65% of the heroin seized in the United States originated in South America,
and 17% came from Mexico.
Data
from the 1999 National Household Survey on drug abuse suggest purity is partly
responsible for the 75% of new heroin users who are snorting or smoking, not
injecting the opiate. In 1991 the number of new users was 46%.
The
1999 NHSDA survey adjusted the average age for initiation of heroin use to
just above 21 years of age. Other surveys, and experts have said many new
users are between 18 to 25 years old.
According
to Drug Abuse Warning Network, or DAWN, heroin and morphine accounted for
51% of drug deaths ruled accidental or unexpected in 1999.
Out
of the 11,651 deaths... accidental and intentional by way of suicide... reported
to DAWN by medical examiners in 1999, the most recent year for which complete
statistics are available, 4,820 were the result of heroin or morphine abuse,
or some combination of those and other drugs.
In
2000, as part of DAWN's year-end emergency data report, heroin related emergency
room visits increased 15% from the last year.
Treatment
admission rates for primary heroin abuse increased in publicly funded substance
abuse treatment facilities across the nation between 1993 and 1999. In 1993,
the treatment admission rate for primary heroin abuse in the United States
was 95 admissions per 100,000 persons age 12 or older. By 1996, the admission
rate had increase 7% to 102 per 100,000 and by 1999 it had increased by another
3% to 105 per 100,000.
The
route of administration among heroin users entering treatment has been changing.
In 1993, 74% of admissions for heroin abuse were injectors. By 1999, this
had declined to 66%. There was an increase in admission for heroin inhalation
for 23% in 1993 to 28% in 1999.
Heroin
Trend Statistics Across the United States
Heroin
trends across the United States are indicators of the rate of Heroin abuse,
Heroin addiction, domestic violence, and child abuse. The Heroin trends for
each state has a direct correlation to the amount of Heroin seized by federal
authorities. Below are the federal Heroin seizures for each individual state.
These statistics for each state's federal Heroin seizures provides current
information on which states have the largest Heroin trafficing problem.
Alabama
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0. kgs.
Arizona
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 7.9 kgs.
Arkansas
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
California
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 357.8 kgs.
Colorado
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 2 kgs.
Connecticut
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 4.1 kgs.
Delaware
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Florida
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 633.6 kgs.
Georgia
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 15.8 kgs.
Idaho
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 1.1 kgs.
Illinois
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 633.6 kgs.
Indiana
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0.2 kgs.
Iowa
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Kansas
Federal Heroin Seizures: Cocaine: Heroin: 1.7 kgs.
Kentucky
Federal Heroin Seizures: Cocaine: Heroin: 10.8 kgs.
Louisiana
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 17.9 kgs.
Maine
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Maryland
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 17.8 kgs.
Massachusetts
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 4.4 kgs.
Michigan
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 10.9 kgs.
Minnesota
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 13.5 kgs.
Mississippi
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 3.2 kgs.
Missouri
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 2.9 kgs.
Montana
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Nebraska
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Nevada
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 1.7 kgs.
New
Hampshire Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
New
Jersey Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 168.8 kgs.
New
Mexico Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 6.1 kgs.
New
York Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 801.5 kgs.
North
Carolina Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
North
Dakota Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Ohio
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 18.2 kgs.
Oklahoma
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0.1 kgs.
Oregon
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 5.3 kgs.
Pennsylvania
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 8.7 kgs.
Rhode
Island Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0.8 kgs.
South
Carolina Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 6.2 kgs.
South
Dakota Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Tennessee
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 41.0 kgs.
Texas
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 142.0 kgs.
Utah
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0.4 kgs.
Vermont
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
Virginia
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 4.7 kgs.
Washington
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 15.1 kgs.
West
Virginia Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0.1 kgs.
Wisconsin
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 2.8 kgs.
Wyoming
Federal Heroin Seizures: Heroin: 0 kgs.
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