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Mississippi:  2004 Annualized Averages for State Estimates of Substance Use

Types of Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older

  • Numbers (in thousands) of persons who had used:

 

50809                Mississippi: Numbers in Thousands         

Table 6.25A    Types of Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older in Mississippi: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2004

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

ILLICIT DRUG1

875  

250  

134  

     Marijuana and Hashish

749  

181  

99  

     Cocaine

204  

30  

14  

          Crack

70  

11  

6  

     Heroin

23  

0  

*  

     Hallucinogens

197  

33  

9  

          LSD

149  

7  

3  

          PCP

60  

1  

0  

          Ecstasy

89  

17  

4  

     Inhalants

156  

14  

4  

     Nonmedical Use of

        Psychotherapeutics2

363  

117  

58  

          Pain Relievers

250  

84  

44  

               OxyContin®3

9  

5  

1  

          Tranquilizers

196  

56  

20  

          Stimulants

155  

28  

9  

               Methamphetamine

85  

21  

6  

          Sedatives

90  

10  

4  

ILLICIT DRUG OTHER THAN MARIJUANA1

491  

138  

68  

 

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.

1 Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically.

2  Nonmedical use of prescription-type pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives; does not include over-the-counter drugs.

3  OxyContin® use estimates are based on 2004 data only.

Source:  SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

 

 

  50809                     Mississippi: Percentages

Table 6.25B    Types of Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older in Mississippi: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2004

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

ILLICIT DRUG1

37.7  

10.8  

5.8  

     Marijuana and Hashish

32.3  

7.8  

4.3  

     Cocaine

8.8  

1.3  

0.6  

          Crack

3.0  

0.5  

0.2  

     Heroin

1.0  

0.0  

*  

     Hallucinogens

8.5  

1.4  

0.4  

          LSD

6.4  

0.3  

0.1  

          PCP

2.6  

0.0  

0.0  

          Ecstasy

3.9  

0.7  

0.2  

     Inhalants

6.7  

0.6  

0.2  

     Nonmedical Use of

        Psychotherapeutics2

15.6  

5.1  

2.5  

          Pain Relievers

10.8  

3.6  

1.9  

               OxyContin®3

1.1  

0.6  

0.2  

          Tranquilizers

8.4  

2.4  

0.9  

          Stimulants

6.7  

1.2  

0.4  

               Methamphetamine

3.7  

0.9  

0.2  

          Sedatives

3.9  

0.4  

0.2  

ILLICIT DRUG OTHER THAN MARIJUANA1

21.2  

6.0  

2.9  

 

*Low precision; no estimate reported.
-- Not available.

1 Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. Illicit Drugs Other Than Marijuana include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically.

2  Nonmedical use of prescription-type pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives; does not include over-the-counter drugs.

3  OxyContin® use estimates are based on 2004 data only.

Source:  SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

This page was last updated on February 14, 2007.


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