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Oregon Drug Statistics and Facts

  • The problem of prescription drug overdose deaths is arguably greatest among Oregon's teens, and the state has the highest rate of prescription drug abuse among 15 to 19 year-olds nationwide.
  • Ice Meth is the primary drug problem in Portland, Oregon and the surrounding counties; but, the Portland Police Department reports that Crack Cocaine is the greatest drug threat in the inner city.
  • According to the Treatment Episode Data Set, there were 46,629 people who went to alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Oregon, in 2010.
  • Oregon has consistently ranked among the highest 10 states for some measures of abuse of alcohol and other substances, in 2 age groupings: age 12 and older and age 26 and older.
  • Powder Meth production is decreasing in Oregon as a result of strict precursor chemical laws that make it difficult to obtain pseudoephedrine and ephedrine.
  • According to the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, the number of drug and alcohol treatment centers has declined slightly between 2002 and 2006, from 232 centers to the current 224 centers.
  • In 2007 and 2008, Oregon ranked 1st among all states for rates of abuse in different drug categories.
  • About 12 percent of Oregon residents reported last month use of illegal drugs; the national average was 8 percent.
  • According to the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, the number of treatment centers has declined slightly between 2002 and 2006, from a high of 232 centers to the current 224 centers, in Oregon.
  • There were 14,729 Oregon residents that went to treatment for alcohol abuse and dependence, and another 10,189 that went to treatment for alcohol mixed with a secondary drug, In 2010.
  • In 2007, more Marijuana plants were eradicated from indoor Marijuana grow sites in Multnomah County (8,527 plants) than in any other Oregon county.
  • There was a reported 4,218 Oregon residents who went to treatment for Heroin abuse. 62.3 percent were male, and 37.7 percent were female, and the largest population abusing Heroin was people 21 to 25 years of age.
  • A total of 126 drug related deaths were reported in the counties that compose Portland, Oregon in 2007.
  • There were 41,000 males and 28,000 females needed but did not receive treatment for the past year drug problems, in Oregon.
  • Multnomah County, in Oregon recorded most of these deaths (101), ranking it 1st in the state for the number of drug-related deaths, according to the Oregon Medical Examiner's Office.
  • Drug-related treatment admissions, in Oregon, to publicly funded center for Heroin and amphetamine/methamphetamine declined from 2005 to 2007 while Cocaine and Marijuana/Hashish admissions increased from 2006 to 2007.
  • In Oregon, 47,000 adolescent males and 51,000 adolescent females used painkillers nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the interview.
  • In Oregon, nearly 1.5 million adolescents were dependent on or abused alcohol in the previous year and more than 1.2 million adolescents were dependent or abused illegal drugs.
  • In Oregon adolescent males accounted for 71% (39,087) of the total 54,974 adolescent substance abuse treatment admissions.
  • There was a reported in Oregon that 4,218 people that went to treatment for Heroin, 62.3 percent were male, and 37.7 percent were female, and the largest population abusing Heroin were people 21 to 25 years of age.