In 2002 almost 5 million adults were alcohol dependent or alcohol abusing and had at least one child younger than age 18 living in their home.

In 2002, more than 2.6 million youths aged 12 to 17 reported using inhalants at least once in their lifetime. Among youths, the rate of past year inhalant use was about the same for boys (4.6%) and girls (4.1%).

Crack-cocaine delivers an intensity of pleasure completely outside the normal range of human experience. It offers the most wonderful state of consciousness, and the most intense sense of being alive, the user will ever enjoy.

Cocaine (including both smoked and other routes of administration) was the third most common illicit drug responsible for treatment admissions in 2000, accounting for 14 percent of TEDS admissions [Table 3.1b]. Almost three-quarters (73 percent) of cocaine admissions were for smoked cocaine (crack).

In 2002, an estimated 19.5 million Americans, or 8.3 percent of the population aged 12 or older, were current illicit drug users

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug, with a rate of 6.2 percent.

In 2002, approximately 1.9 million persons aged 12 or older had used OxyContin nonmedically at least once in their lifetime.

An estimated 120 million Americans aged 12 or older reported being current drinkers of alcohol in the 2002 survey (51.0 percent). About 54 million (22.9 percent) participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days prior to the survey, and 15.9 million (6.7 percent) were heavy drinkers

An estimated 22.0 million Americans in 2002 were classified with substance dependence or abuse (9.4 percent of the total population aged 12 or older). Of these, 3.2 million were classified with dependence on or abuse of both alcohol and illicit drugs, 3.9 million were dependent on or abused illicit drugs but not alcohol, and 14.9 million were dependent on or abused alcohol but not illicit drugs.

In 2002, the estimated number of persons aged 12 or older needing treatment for an illicit drug problem was 7.7 million (3.3 percent of the total population).

White males made up 41 percent of all treatment admissions in 2000, followed by White females (19 percent), Black males (16 percent), and Black females (8 percent).

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