In 2021/2022, the states with the highest share of people who had used cocaine in the past year were Colorado, Vermont, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In Colorado, around 3.06 percent of the population were estimated to have used cocaine in the past year at that time, compared to the U.S. average of 1.95 percent. The states with the lowest past-year cocaine consumption rates were New Hampshire and Wyoming. Cocaine use in the United States As of 2022, cocaine was the second most used illicit drug in the United States, behind marijuana. At that time around 42.2 million people in the U.S. had used cocaine at least once in their lifetime. In comparison, around 29.5 million people reported using LSD in their lifetime and 22.1 million had used ecstasy. In 2022, almost 5.2 million people were estimated to have used cocaine in the past year. How many people in the U.S. die from cocaine every year? The number of drug poisoning deaths involving cocaine has increased significantly over the past couple decades. In 2021, there were around 24,486 overdose deaths involving cocaine, compared to just 3,800 in the year 1999. However, it is important to note that many overdose deaths involving cocaine also involve other drugs, namely opioids. The increase in overdose deaths involving cocaine is directly related to the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States. Rates of overdose death involving cocaine are twice as high for men than women, but death rates for both men and women have increased in recent years.

In 2023, it was estimated that over 42 million people in the United States had used cocaine at some point in their life. The number of people in the United States who stated they had used cocaine in the past month has fluctuated over the past decade, but over two million people reported they had used cocaine in the past month as of 2023. Cocaine use among teens The percentage of U.S. students in grades 8, 10, and 12 that had used cocaine in their lifetime has gradually decreased since 1999. At that time, around 7.2 percent of students stated they had used cocaine in their lifetime, while in 2021 just 1.4 percent of students said so. Perhaps unsurprisingly, perceived availability of cocaine among 12th graders has also decreased over the past couple decades, with about 17 percent of 12th graders stating cocaine was “fairly easy” or “very easy” to get in 2021, compared to almost 55 percent who reported it was easy to get in 1990. The most common illicit drugs U.S. students in grades 8, 10, and 12 reported having used in their lifetime were marijuana, inhalants, and hallucinogens such as LSD and mushrooms. Deaths from cocaine In 2020, there were 19,447 drug poisoning deaths involving cocaine in the United States. The number of overdose deaths involving cocaine has increased significantly over the past few years as part of the ongoing opioid epidemic. Although, it is possible to die of an overdose just from using cocaine, many overdose deaths in the U.S. that involved cocaine also involved the use of opioids. The rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine is almost three times higher among men than women, but both have seen increases in the rate of overdose death in recent years. Considering race and ethnicity, the rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine is by far highest among black, non-Hispanics and lowest among Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanics.

According to the latest estimates there were around 22 million cocaine users worldwide with the highest number found in the Americas. Cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant and is an addictive stimulant that is usually snorted as a powder. Although it is illegal in most countries it is still commonly used recreationally.

Cocaine worldwide

It is estimated that up to .5 percent of the global population has used cocaine in the past year. With so many users it is unsurprising that the illegal cocaine market is extremely lucrative. Worldwide illicit cultivation of cocaine covers some 234 thousand hectares, with most of the world’s cocaine produced in South America.

Cocaine in the United States

According to the most recent figures around 4.77 million people in the United States had used cocaine in the previous year. Moreover, around 40.9 million Americans have used cocaine at some point in their lifetime. In 2021, there were around 24,486 deaths involving cocaine in the United States, a significant rise from previous years. However, it is important to note that a large portion of deaths from cocaine involve the use of other drugs, specifically opioids.

As of 2023, the Netherlands had the highest prevalence of cocaine use in Europe at three percent of the population having used in the previous year. This was followed by Spain and Ireland, with 2.4 percent and 2.3 percent of their respective populations using cocaine in this period. Breakdown of cocaine users in the Netherlands When broken down by age, the highest prevalence of cocaine users in the Netherlands is found in early adulthood. Almost seven percent of those aged 25 to 29 years used cocaine in 2021, and around 17 percent of this age group had tried it at least once in their life.Harms of cocaine useIn 2022, over 2.6 thousand people in the Netherlands entered drug treatment as a result of cocaine use. Furthermore, in the last 15 years, the annual number of deaths due to cocaine use in the country has been steadily increasing. A new-high was reached in 2021, with 72 cocaine deaths recorded in the Netherlands.

This table provides information on the short (2 year), medium (5 year) and long (10 year) term trends in the number of incidents of use/possess amphetamines and cocaine offences recorded by the NSW Police Force by region (Statistical Area).

In the past few years the number of deaths from cocaine overdose has risen in the United States, with almost 27,569 such deaths in 2022. Deaths involving cocaine are more common among males than females, with deaths among males more than double that of females in 2022. It is important to note that many overdose deaths involving cocaine also involve the use of other drugs, in particular opioids, which may contribute to death. Cocaine use Cocaine is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs in the United States. As of 2022, over 42 million people had used cocaine in their lifetime, an increase from 36.7 million in 2009. Furthermore, almost 5.3 million people in the U.S. used cocaine in the past year as of 2022. Cocaine use among teens The lifetime prevalence of cocaine use among high school students in the U.S. has decreased in recent years. As of 2022, around 1.1 percent of high school students stated they had used cocaine in their lifetime. Nevertheless, around 17.7 percent of high school students state that cocaine is “fairly easy” or “very easy” to obtain.

GUI59 - Respondents aged 25 years who have used cocaine at least once in the last year. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Respondents aged 25 years who have used cocaine at least once in the last year...

This bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of many different aspects of cocaine use in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Source agency: Health, Social Service and Public Safety (Northern Ireland)

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland Drug Prevalence Survey: Cocaine Results

A survey conducted in 2021 found that around 2.5 percent of high school students in the United States had used cocaine at least once in their lifetime. Those from an American Indian or Native Alaskan background were more likely to have tried cocaine, while Black and Asian high school students were less likely to have tried cocaine.

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In England and Wales, the number of deaths as a result of cocaine use has been increasing significantly over the last 25 years. In 1993, there were only eleven deaths due to cocaine use in England and Wales, by 2023 the number of deaths had risen 1,118. The UK has the highest share of users in Europe In 2019, the United Kingdom had the highest prevalence of cocaine users in Europe at 2.7 percent. This was followed by Spain and the Netherlands which both had around two percent of individuals using cocaine in this period. Age of cocaine users in the UK When broken down by age, the highest prevalence of cocaine users in England and Wales can be found in the youngest age groups. Almost over six percent of those aged 15 to 24 years used cocaine in 2018, and 4.6 percent in the above age group, 25 to 34 years, used in the same year. Additionally, since 2010 the share of school children who have taken cocaine in England has increased.

The Cocaine Intoxication Treatment market is an essential segment within the broader healthcare industry, addressing a critical public health issue. With an increasing prevalence of cocaine usage worldwide, the demand for effective treatment options has escalated significantly. This market encompasses various therap

In 2021, the average price of fresh cocaine leaves in the Amazonia region was 2,900 Colombian pesos per kilogram, the highest among the different regions in Colombia. For cocaine hydrochloride, the region with the highest price was Orinoquia, while the Sierra Nevada had the lowest with 3.82 million pesos per kilogram. That year, the land area used for the illicit cultivation of coca in Colombia reached 204 thousand hectares.

This is a collection of data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), primarily about apprehensions of illegal immigrants. All the data here was originally scraped from the PDFs available from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Stats and Summaries page on their website (https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/media-resources/stats). I am in no way affiliated with CBP. What I did was take their public files and scrape the tables in the PDFs to make them more accessible. I then combined some tables together and reshaped the data to make it easier to use for analysis. The data is now available in R, Stata, and Excel (.csv) formats. Please note that all the data is in fiscal years (October-September), not in calendar years. There are 8 files and they all contains different information and some contains different number of years. Below is the file name, a brief description, the years of data available, and which variables it has, for each file. Apprehensions and Seizures Statistics 2011-2019 This provides the annual number of seizures of drugs and weapons for aggregate border sectors between the years 2011 and 2019. Drug data also includes the amount of drugs seized (in pounds for all but heroin which is measured in ounces). Sector Fiscal year Apprehensions from a special interest country Rounds of ammunition Total apprehensions Pounds of cocaine Number of cocaine seizures Conveyances Currency (in dollars) Pounds of ecstasy Number of ecstasy seizures Number of firearms Ounces of heroin Number of heroin seizures Pounds of marijuana Number of marijuana seizures Pounds of meth Number of meth seizures Pounds of other drugs (not cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, or marijuana) Number of other drugs seizures ((not cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, or marijuana) Apprehensions of illegal immigrants from countries other than Mexico Border Patrol Staffing 1992-2019 The annual number of agents employed for each sector in the country between 1992 and 2019. Sector Fiscal year Number of agents Family, Unaccompanied Children, and Total Apprehensions 2000-2019 The monthly number of total apprehensions, family apprehensions (defined as "the number of individuals (either a child under 18 years old, parent, or legal guardian) apprehended with a family member by the U.S. Border Patrol."), or unaccompanied children (person under the age 18 traveling alone (without a family member)) for each sector in the country. Total apprehension data is available for the years 2000 to 2019. Family apprehension data is available for the years 2013 to 2019. Unaccompanied children data is available for the years 2010 to 2019. Sector Fiscal year Month Total apprehensions Unaccompanied children apprehensions (fiscal years 2010-2019 only) Family apprehensions (fiscal years 2013-2019 only) Other than Mexico Apprehensions 2000-2019 The annual number of apprehensions for each sector in the country between 2000 and 2019. This also includes the annual number of apprehensions of immigrants from Mexico and the number of illegal immigrants from countries other than Mexico. Sector Fiscal year Total apprehensions Total apprehensions of illegal immigrants from Mexico Total apprehensions of illegal immigrants from countries other than Mexico Nationwide Total Apprehensions 1925-2019 This is a simple count of how many apprehensions of illegal immigrants were made in the United States each year between 1925 and 2019. Fiscal year Total apprehensions Sector Profile 2011-2019 This provides a number of various variables for each sector in the country between the years 2011 and 2019. Sector Fiscal year Number of agents Total apprehensions Apprehensions of illegal immigrants from countries other than Mexico Pounds of marijuana Pounds of cocaine Number of accepted prosecutions Number of assaults Number of rescues (Southwest border only) Number of deaths (Southwest border only) Number of accompanied children (under age 18) apprehended Number of unaccompanied children (under age 18) apprehended Total number of children (under age 18) apprehended Total number of adults (age 18 or older) apprehended Total number of females apprehended Total number of males apprehended Southwest Border Apprehensions 1960-2019 The annual number of apprehensions for each sector in the Southwest border between 1960 and 2019. Sector Fiscal year Total apprehensions Southwest Border Deaths 1998-2019 The annual number of deaths for each sector in the Southwest border between 1998 and 2019. Sector Fiscal year Deaths Some of the data sets present the data broken into border sectors. Below is a list of the three borders and the sectors each one includes. Coastal Border Livermore (closed after fiscal year 2004) Miami New Orleans Ramey Northern Border Blaine Buffalo Detroit Grand Forks Havre Houlton Spokane Southwest Border Big Bend Del Rio El Centro El Paso Laredo Rio Grande Valley San Diego Tucson Yuma

This table contains 13 series, with data for years 1946 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (6 items: Canada; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Saskatchewan; ...); Coal and coke, components (8 items: Total coal production, all types; Bituminous; Subbituminous; Lignite; ...).

In 2023, over five million people in the United States had used cocaine in the past year. This statistic shows the number of people in the U.S. who have used cocaine in the past year from 2009 to 2023.

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Statistics illustrates consumption, production, prices, and trade of Alkaloids; of vegetal origin, cocaine, ecgonine; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof in Puerto Rico from 2007 to 2024.

CN: Coke Production: YoY: ytd: Jiangsu data was reported at -8.200 % in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of -6.200 % for Feb 2025. CN: Coke Production: YoY: ytd: Jiangsu data is updated monthly, averaging 7.300 % from Apr 2002 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 252 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.900 % in Mar 2005 and a record low of -33.100 % in Jul 2018. CN: Coke Production: YoY: ytd: Jiangsu data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Energy Sector – Table CN.RBA: Energy Production: Coke.

Statistics illustrates consumption, production, prices, and trade of Alkaloids; of vegetal origin, cocaine, ecgonine; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof in Barbados from 2007 to 2024.