Data & Statistics

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Derivative products of heroin and cocaine include crack cocaine, freebase cocaine, speedball and similar products. The use of either heroin or cocaine greatly leads to the usage of the other drug; cocaine addicts are 15 times more likely to also be addicted to heroin.

• 47,380 Americans are arrested annually for the sale and manufacture of heroin, cocaine, and derivative products.
• 227,655 Americans are arrested annually for the possession of heroin, cocaine, and derivative products.
• Arrests made for the sale and manufacturer of heroin, cocaine, and derivative products have dropped over the last decade by 53%.
• Arrests made for the possession of heroin, cocaine, and derivative products have dropped over the last decade by 15%.

• 72,210 prisoners are sentenced to federal prisons for drug related crimes.
• 171,300 prisoners are sentenced to state prisons for drug related crimes.
• Over nearly a decade the number of prisoners sentenced to federal prison has decreased by 25%.
• Over nearly a decade the number of prisoners sentenced to state prison has decreased by 28%.

SOURCE: National Center for  Drug Abuse Statistics

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that 81,230 people died of overdose deaths from June 2019 through May 2020, an 18.2% increase from the previous year. Synthetic opioids were the primary driver of the increase in overdoses, followed by overdose deaths involving cocaine.

Massachusetts

Teenagers in Massachusetts are 33.37% more likely to have used drugs in the last month than the average American teen.

•  53,000 or 11.11% of 12- to 17-year-olds report using drugs in the last month.
•  Among them, 86.79% report using marijuana in the last month.
•  16.14% of all 12- to 17-year-olds report using marijuana in the last year.
•  0.42% reported using cocaine in the last year.
•  0.21% report using methamphetamines.
•  Up to 0.10% used heroin (data is limited).
•  1.89% report misusing pain relievers.
•  10.90% of all 12- to 17-year-olds used alcohol in the last month.
•  They’re 19.13% more likely to use alcohol than the average American in their age group.
•  367,000 adults aged 18- to 25-years-old used drugs in the last month.
•  18- to 25-year-olds in Massachusetts are 42.17% more likely to use drugs than the average American in the same age group.
•  3.35% of all 12- to 17-year-olds met the criteria for IDUD in the last year.
•  1.68% of all 12- to 17-year-olds met the criteria for AUD in the last year.