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Texas:  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                               Texas: Numbers in Thousands

Table 6.44A    Types of Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older in Texas: Numbers in Thousands, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2004

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

ILLICIT DRUG1

7,328  

2,242  

1,184  

     Marijuana and Hashish

6,131  

1,498  

815  

     Cocaine

2,247  

412  

142  

          Crack

474  

70  

22  

     Heroin

191  

23  

10  

     Hallucinogens

2,020  

288  

90  

          LSD

1,428  

52  

9  

          PCP

329  

21  

11  

          Ecstasy

973  

197  

50  

     Inhalants

1,413  

121  

37  

     Nonmedical Use of

        Psychotherapeutics2

3,337  

1,081  

481  

          Pain Relievers

2,218  

818  

362  

               OxyContin®3

35  

17  

4  

          Tranquilizers

1,430  

329  

124  

          Stimulants

1,328  

240  

95  

               Methamphetamine

833  

115  

52  

          Sedatives

535  

41  

21  

ILLICIT DRUG OTHER THAN MARIJUANA1

4,874  

1,458  

647  

 

*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               Texas: Percentages

Table 6.44B    Types of Illicit Drug Use in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older in Texas: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2002-2004

Drug

TIME PERIOD

Lifetime

Past Year

Past Month

ILLICIT DRUG1

41.9  

12.8  

6.8  

     Marijuana and Hashish

35.1  

8.6  

4.7  

     Cocaine

12.9  

2.4  

0.8  

          Crack

2.7  

0.4  

0.1  

     Heroin

1.1  

0.1  

0.1  

     Hallucinogens

11.6  

1.6  

0.5  

          LSD

8.2  

0.3  

0.1  

          PCP

1.9  

0.1  

0.1  

          Ecstasy

5.6  

1.1  

0.3  

     Inhalants

8.1  

0.7  

0.2  

     Nonmedical Use of

        Psychotherapeutics2

19.1  

6.2  

2.8  

          Pain Relievers

12.7  

4.7  

2.1  

               OxyContin®3

0.6  

0.3  

0.1  

          Tranquilizers

8.2  

1.9  

0.7  

          Stimulants

7.6  

1.4  

0.5  

               Methamphetamine

4.8  

0.7  

0.3  

          Sedatives

3.1  

0.2  

0.1  

ILLICIT DRUG OTHER THAN MARIJUANA1

27.9  

8.3  

3.7  

 

*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.

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