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<strong>EPIDEMIOLOGIC</strong> TRENDS IN <strong>DRUG</strong> <strong>ABUSE</strong>—Texas<br />

Exhibit 1. Secondary Students Who Had Ever Used Powder or Crack Cocaine, by Grade: 2004<br />

SOURCE: TDSHS<br />

274<br />

100%<br />

90%<br />

80%<br />

70%<br />

60%<br />

50%<br />

40%<br />

30%<br />

20%<br />

10%<br />

0%<br />

5%<br />

3%<br />

8%<br />

4%<br />

12%<br />

6%<br />

16%<br />

9%<br />

20%<br />

23%<br />

11% 10%<br />

Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12<br />

Border Nonborder<br />

Exhibit 2. Characteristics of Clients Admitted to TDSHS-Funded Treatment with a Primary Problem with<br />

Cocaine, by Route of Administration: January–June 2004<br />

SOURCE: TDSHS<br />

Crack Powder Powder<br />

Cocaine Cocaine Cocaine Cocaine<br />

Smoke Inject Inhale All*<br />

# Admissions 4,868 554 1,505 7,009<br />

% of Cocaine Admits 70 8 22 100<br />

Lag-1st Use to Tmt-Yrs. 12 14 10 12<br />

Average Age 37 36 31 36<br />

% Male 55 65 57 56<br />

% Black 50 5 15 39<br />

% White 33 63 31 35<br />

% Hispanic 15 27 53 25<br />

% CJ Involved 37 48 49 41<br />

% Employed 12 15 28 16<br />

% Homeless 19 13 5 15<br />

*Total includes clients with "other" routes of administration.<br />

Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005

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