›› Virginia: Substance Abuse Statistics

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

STATE:
VIRGINIA
Total Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Cocaine (other route) Mari- juana Heroin Meth
Total No. 28,545 4,311 5,127 2,135 1,756 4,677 1,635 184
% 100.0 15.1 18.0 7.5 6.2 16.4 5.7 0.6
SEX   70.1 77.5 75.9 58.9 62.5 77.5 63.1 70.1
Male %
Female % 29.7 22.2 23.7 40.8 37.4 22.4 36.6 29.9
Unknown % 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
AGE AT ADMISSION   0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
0-11 years %
12-17 years % 7.5 2.1 4.1 0.2 0.3 18.0 0.2 4.9
18-20 years % 5.3 2.6 4.9 1.7 2.1 12.4 2.2 7.6
21-25 years % 9.3 6.1 8.9 4.3 4.9 15.0 9.2 9.8
26-30 years % 7.5 7.2 7.5 7.8 6.0 6.3 10.0 14.7
31-35 years % 8.7 8.9 9.4 14.3 14.9 4.6 9.8 6.5
36-40 years % 9.9 10.3 11.5 18.4 17.4 3.2 10.4 7.1
41-45 years % 7.9 10.6 9.1 12.5 12.3 2.0 9.1 4.3
46-50 years % 4.5 7.7 4.9 5.4 4.9 0.9 8.1 3.3
51-55 years % 1.9 4.4 1.9 1.4 1.5 0.3 3.5 0.5
56-60 years % 0.9 2.8 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.0
61-65 years % 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5
66 years and over % 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Unknown % 35.6 35.5 37.2 33.1 34.9 37.0 36.1 40.8
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RACE   59.7 66.4 65.1 33.4 36.3 54.1 43.4 92.4
White %
Black or African- American % 32.4 20.2 28.4 64.0 61.3 38.2 51.9 2.7
American Indian or Alaska Native % 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.5
Asian or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander % 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.6
Other % 5.6 10.6 4.5 1.0 1.4 4.7 2.7 2.7
Unknown % 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.6 1.6 1.5 0.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ETHNICITY   6.3 14.1 5.6 1.5 2.5 4.7 2.2 2.2
Hispanic or Latino %
Not Hispanic or Latino % 89.6 82.3 90.7 94.6 94.2 90.0 95.5 95.1
Unknown % 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.3 5.3 2.3 2.7
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0


 

 



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