Monday, September 30, 2024

The State With the Biggest Coke Fiends Will Surprise You

2021-2022 data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), reveals a surprise about which state has the highest percentage of people (18 and older) who have admitted using cocaine in the past year.  It's not New York or Florida-- but rather Colorado.


More than three percent of Colorado residents aged 18 and older - about 96,000 people - reported using some form of cocaine within the past year, followed by Vermont (with 3 percent of adults using cocaine), 2.7 percent in Rhode Island and 2.6 percent in Massachusetts. California rounded out the top five with 2.5 percent.   Also making the top ten are Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana, and New York.

Wyoming has the fewest cocaine users, with 1.3 percent reporting drug use in the previous 12 months. The Cowboy state is followed by New Hampshire (1.37 percent),Arkansas (1.38 percent), South Dakota (1.4 percent) with Texas and Alaska rounding out the bottom 5.


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