From NIDA
Hospital Visits and Deaths
Due to Drug Abuse
Since 1990, estimates of drug-related visits to hospital emergency rooms have increased. In 1995, 531,800 drug-related visits occurred, up slightly from 1994. More than half of these visits were due to drug overdoses. Nearly 143,000 cocaine-related visits occurred, with increases noted in people age 35 and older. Heroin-related visits increased by 19 percent from 1994, and marijuana-related visits increased by 17 percent. Methamphetamine-related visits decreased by 34 percent from the first to second half of 1995.
For more information and to receive a copy of the latest issue of the Drug Abuse Warning Network, an ongoing national survey of hospital emergency departments and medical examiners, visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/oasftp.htm, or call the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686.
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