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Drug Abuse Increasing Among Baby Boomers

by Gopalan on August 19, 2009 at 2:59 PM Alcohol & Drug Abuse News

Drug abuse is increasing among the baby boomers in the US, new study shows. That means the rate of illicit drug use is going up in the 50-59 age segment.

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Many baby boomers (Americans in the generation born between 1946 and 1964) are continuing to use illicit drugs as they grow older, causing the rate of illicit drug use to go up within the 50 to 59 year old age segment of the population.

A baby boomer is someone born in a period of increased birth rates, such as those during the economic prosperity following World War II. In the United States, demographers have put the generation's birth years at 1946 to 1964. Those born in that period have come to symbolize a booming, prosperous America, admired and envied by other countries.

Baby boomers are getting older, necessitating more and more visits to hospitals and doctors, a previous report had said.

According to a new analytical publication produced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), those aged 50 to 59 reporting use of illicit drugs within the past year has nearly doubled from 5.1 percent in 2002 to 9.4 percent in 2007 while rates among all other age groups are statistically staying the same or decreasing.�

An Examination of Trends in Illicit Drug Use among Adults Aged 50 to 59 in the United States is the first in a series of new scientific reports being published periodically by SAMHSA�s Office of Applied Studies that will provided detailed analyses on important substance abuse and mental health issues challenging the nation.

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