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Women and Drug
Abuse
Today, more than 4
million women in this country use drugs. Women of all ages, races
and cultures..... Women just like your best friend, your sister,
your co-worker, or your daughter....Women just like you.
Drug abuse
is a serious, continuing illness. There are no easy cures.
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Drug
abuse can
affect any
woman.
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Women who try to quit
sometimes fail at first. But help is available to overcome the
illness of drug abuse.
Women who
use drugs do not have to face the problem alone.
Facts About Women
and Drug Abuse
- 9 million women
have used illegal drugs in the past year.
- 3.7 million women
have taken prescription drugs nonmedically during the past
year.
- More than 28,000
(70%) of the AIDS cases among women are drug-related.
Almost half of all
women age 15-44 have used drugs at least once in their life.
Of these women, nearly 2 million have used cocaine and more
than 6 million have used marijuana within the past year. Most
women drug abusers use more than one drug.
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National
Institute on Drug Abuse
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