How widespread is cocaine addiction?
• In 1997, there were approximately 1.5 million regular cocaine abusers. • 1-tenth of the population – over 22 million people have tried cocaine. • Each day 5,000 more people will experiment with cocaine. • Cocaine is a $35 billion illicit industry now exceeding Columbia’s #1 export, coffee. • 1 in 10 workers say they know someone who uses cocaine on the job. In 1997, an estimated 1.5 million Americans (0.7 percent of those age 12 and older) were current cocaine users, according to the 1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). This number has not changed significantly since 1992, although it is a dramatic decrease from the 1985 peak of 5.7 million cocaine users(3 percent of the population). Based upon additional data sources that take into account users underrepresented in the NHSDA, the Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates the number of chronic cocaine users at 3.6 million. Adults 18 to 25 years old have a higher rate of current cocaine use than those in any ot
• In 1997, there were approximately 1.5 million regular cocaine abusers. • 1-tenth of the population – over 22 million people have tried cocaine. • Each day 5,000 more people will experiment with cocaine. • Cocaine is a $35 billion illicit industry now exceeding Columbia’s #1 export, coffee. • 1 in 10 workers say they know someone who uses cocaine on the job. In 1997, an estimated 1.5 million Americans (0.7 percent of those age 12 and older) were current cocaine users, according to the 1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). This number has not changed significantly since 1992, although it is a dramatic decrease from the 1985 peak of 5.7 million cocaine users(3 percent of the population). Based upon additional data sources that take into account users underrepresented in the NHSDA, the Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates the number of chronic cocaine users at 3.6 million.
