Colorado Drug Treatment Admissions (1992 – 2007)

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Year Total Alcohol Pct. Cocaine Pct. Marijuana Pct. Syn. Opiates Pct. Meth. Pct.
2007 78,536 58,335 74.3% 4,595 5.9% 6,324 8.1% 1,159 1.5% 5,696 7.3%
2006 76,815 56,943 74.1% 4,704 6.1% 5,849 7.6% 979 1.3% 5,817 7.6%
2005 76,777 57,209 74.5% 4,116 5.4% 5,806 7.6% 824 1.1% 6,283 8.2%
2004 68,990 51,706 75.0% 3,947 5.7% 5,574 8.1% 710 1.0% 4,798 7.0%
2003 63,373 49,568 78.2% 2,965 4.7% 4,291 6.8% 599 1.0% 3,269 5.2%
2002 68,144 54,721 80.3% 2,961 4.4% 4,831 7.1% 492 0.7% 2,489 3.7%
2001 43,668 34,229 78.4% 1,928 4.4% 3,904 8.9% 319 0.7% 1,450 3.3%
2000 55,645 42,477 76.3% 2,654 4.8% 5,431 9.8% 394 0.7% 1,620 2.9%
1999 59,673 44,481 74.5% 3,331 5.6% 6,249 10.5% 362 0.6% 1,490 2.5%
1998 63,630 51,089 80.3% 3,210 5.0% 4,691 7.4% 269 0.4% 1,655 2.6%
1997 49,084 37,682 76.8% 2,977 6.1% 4,376 8.9% 215 0.4% 1,608 3.3%
1996 55,274 42,269 76.5% 3,780 6.8% 5,148 9.3% 280 0.5% 1,141 2.1%
1995 54,161 41,960 77.5% 3,601 6.7% 4,300 7.9% 301 0.6% 1,322 2.4%
1994 57,940 46,476 80.2% 4,244 7.3% 3,765 6.5% 311 0.5% 839 1.5%
1993 63,386 53,130 83.8% 3,968 6.3% 3,125 4.9% 291 0.5% 448 0.7%
1992 54,341 46,130 84.9% 3,204 5.9% 2,327 4.3% 253 0.5% 326 0.6%

 

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Notes:

Coverage: This data only reflects admissions to treatment facilities that receive federal funding. While providing data on overall trends in drug treatment admissons, because it does not include private facilities that do not receive fedeal funding this data does not provide comprehensive totals on all admissions for drug treatment in the United States.

Syn. Opiates: Synthetic Opiates, manufactured as prescripton painkillers, including, for example, such drugs as Oxycontin, Vicodin, and Dilaudid. Also known as Synthetic Narcotics in Uniform Crime Reporting Program data on arrests for drug offenses.

Meth.: Methamphetamine.

Drugs not listed: These include: Heroin, Non-Prescription Methadone, PCP, Hallucinogens, Other Amphetamines, Other Stimulants, Benzodiazepines, Other Tranquilizers, Barbiturates, Other Sedatives Or Hypnotics, Inhalants, and Over-the-Counter Medications.

Source: Treatment Episodes Data Set

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