Most commonly abused drugs

• Alcohol
• Cocaine (including crack)
• Heroin
• Marijuana
• Methamphetamine
• Prescription benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax)
• Prescription opioid painkillers (OxyContin, Vicodin)
• Prescription stimulant ADHD medications (Adderall, Ritalin)

Substance Abuse Statistics

• In the year 2013-2014, the state ranks 10th in position for the drug overdose death rate among the 50 states.
• The state ranks in the number 1 position among the 50 states of America for abusing prescription pain pills and about 5% of people who were above the age of 12 abusing pain pills on a regular basis.
• For the rate of substance abuse, the state ranks 2nd in position with 11.9% of people were abusing some substances in the year 2012.
• Higher rates on alcohol and drug abuse have been observed in the rural cities of Oklahoma such as Okmulgee, Eufaula, and Muskogee than the other cities in the state.
• The city acts as a major distribution route for heroin supplies from Mexico.
• In 2013, the state Oklahoma passed legislation which allowed to dispense naloxone for trained family members, friends, and first responders, enabling them to administer this life-saving overdose reversal medication when they witness an overdose.
• For nonmedical purposes, about 17,000 adults who age between 12 – 17 in the year 2013-2014, it is exactly around 5.3% of the age group according to the report by SAMHSA.
• Whereas the use of pain killers among teens has been decreased since 2010. But the teen’s drug usage in the state is higher than the national average of 4.7 percent.
• About 200,000 people in the state who age more than 12 were dependent on alcohol in the year 2013 to 2014.
• Around 74,000 people who age more than 12 were dependent or abusing illegal drugs in the state from 2013 to 2014 according to the Behavioral Health Barometer reports by SAMHSA in 2015.
• Around 74,000 people who age more than 12 were dependent or abusing illegal drugs in the state from 2013 to 2014 according to the Behavioral Health Barometer reports by SAMHSA in 2015.
• In the fall of 2017, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,Oklahoma announced that they were cutting back outpatient mental health(issues) and substance abuse programs. This eliminated or reduced these forms of treatment for 189,000 residents of the state, which includes the treatment for opioid use disorders.
• Around 30 meth labs were seized by the law enforcement agencies in the year 2017. Majorly on the meth labs which were located in the northeastern portion of the state, including Tulsa County.

Substance abuse treatment

• Nearly 14430 people receive treatment for substance abuse disorder

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