Federal Drug Use Survey Tells All
May 28th, 2009 by Rick
Apparently, this is the most recent federal data regarding statistics on illegal drug use, even though one of the sources is from a 2007 National Survey on Drug Usage. Why are we always a day late and a dollar short in this country when it comes to reporting statistics that are factual and recent?
Here are a few stats:
- One million people per year are reported to seek medical help from drug abuse (mostly heroin,cocaine and supposedly marijuana.)
- Out of the 14.2 million arrests in 2007, drug abuse was at 13% — more than 1.8 million people. Half of that amount were marijuana arrests — mostly for possession.
- Drug offenders are in 20% of the state prison population, and federal makes up half.
- Vermont has the highest rate of marijuana usage, while Utah has the lowest.
- 5% of 12th graders smoke marijuana on a daily basis.
- Nearly 51% of males, 12 and older, have tried illegal drugs, females were in the 42% range.
