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Illegal drug trafficking cases increased by 10 percent to 326 in 2011 compared with 2010. About 509 kilograms of stimulants and cannabis powder drugs were seized, up 40 per cent on the previous year. Seizures of 20,000 MDMA, psychotropic drugs and other tablets were down 40 per cent from last year.
This is a list of countries (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of opiates use as percentage of the population aged 15–64 (unless otherwise indicated).. The primary source of information are the World Drug Report 2011 (WDR 2011) and the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006), [1] [2] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides data on drug overdose death rates and totals in the United States. From 1968 to 2020, approximately 1,106,900 U.S. residents died from drug overdoses, with the majority – around 932,400 – of those deaths occurring between 1999 and 2020.
Harm Reduction International reports: "imposition of one death sentence for drug use and trafficking of amphetamines and cannabis resin in June 2022. This is the first drug-related death sentence noted by a reputable source in 11 years". [1] [31]
Last year, data on a dashboard that tracks Texas fentanyl deaths showed more than 2,100 people statewide had died of accidental poisoning in 2022. What Texas politicians say about the border and ...
The indicator is the "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed the drug at least once in the past year. According to a 2019 study, 5 Swiss cities (St Gallen, Bern, Zurich, Basel and Geneva) were listed among top 10 European cities for cocaine use. [2] [3]
Between 1984 and 1999, the number of defendants charged with a drug offense in the Federal courts increased 3% annually, from 11,854 to 29,306. By 1999 there were 472 Drug Courts in the nation and by 2005 that number had increased to 1262 with another 575 Drug Courts in the planning stages; currently, all 50 states have working Drug Courts ...
But in Texas, with its immense size and a population that grows by more than 1,000 people a day, the stage is far bigger — and often louder. It’s enough to make even the proudest Texan wrestle ...