›› New Mexico: Substance Abuse Statistics

Drug Violation Arrests in New Mexico, 2002-2006  Meth Lab Seizures in New Mexico, 2002-2006
The following information is regarding drug rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment admissions for the state of New Mexico. Statistics are broken down into these catagories: Primary drug of abuse or addiction, age group, & cultural background.

STATE:
NEW MEXICO		 Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 6,690 2,188 742 232 167 346 468 148
% 100.0 32.7 11.1 3.5 2.5 5.2 7.0 2.2
SEX   54.2 76.8 74.5 51.3 59.3 73.4 58.3 51.4
Male %
Female % 26.8 23.2 25.5 48.7 40.7 26.6 41.7 48.6
Unknown % 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 1.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.8 10.7 1.1 0.7
18-20 years % 6.2 4.8 9.7 7.3 9.0 17.3 5.1 8.1
21-25 years % 14.9 12.0 17.8 22.8 14.4 25.4 16.2 19.6
26-30 years % 14.4 13.0 19.5 16.4 17.4 11.6 13.5 17.6
31-35 years % 15.5 14.9 14.2 19.8 19.2 8.4 16.5 21.6
36-40 years % 17.2 19.1 17.8 15.9 15.0 9.5 15.8 16.2
41-45 years % 13.1 14.7 10.9 12.1 13.2 6.4 13.9 10.1
46-50 years % 8.8 9.2 7.0 3.4 8.4 4.9 10.0 4.7
51-55 years % 4.1 5.4 1.8 0.9 1.8 3.8 4.7 0.7
56-60 years % 1.9 2.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.2 2.6 0.0
61-65 years % 1.1 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.0
66 years and over % 0.7 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unknown % 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   33.5 39.7 53.6 45.3 56.9 56.9 44.7 75.0
White %
Black or African- American % 1.2 0.5 2.0 7.3 3.6 3.2 1.7 1.4
American Indian or Alaska Native % 26.2 41.2 21.8 2.2 3.6 8.7 3.2 2.0
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.2 1.4
Other % 16.2 14.9 14.6 39.2 26.3 24.3 47.0 16.2
Unknown % 22.6 3.5 7.8 5.6 9.6 6.6 3.2 4.1
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   2.9 4.4 3.0 3.9 2.4 3.8 4.5 3.4
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 41.9 58.5 43.5 25.0 30.5 32.9 26.5 60.8
Unknown % 55.2 37.2 53.5 71.1 67.1 63.3 69.0 35.8
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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