Cocaine use has declined quite a bit from its heyday in the 1980s, yet it is still a drug of addiction for many people throughout the U.S. Here are some statistics on cocaine use in the United States & elsewhere:
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Hair sample tests, which can detect drug use going back around 3 months, have detected cocaine use in around 3.2% of American workers. (Jones, 2009)
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Around 1.5 million Americans are chronic cocaine users. (NIDA, 1999)
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Around 40% of cocaine users are in denial about their addiction, and another 40% recognize they have a problem but are not yet willing to take on the challenge of quitting. (Seppa, 2-12-2011)
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Chronic cocaine users are 60-times more likely to commit suicide than nonusers (Hanson et al., 2004, p. 291), quite possibly due to the depressive crashes users experience afterwards.