●● Combined 2004 to 2009 data
indicate that males made an annual
average of 634,361 emergency
department (ED) visits involving
illicit drugs
●● Cocaine was involved in nearly half
of all the ED visits involving the
use of illicit drugs among males
(49.7 percent)
●● About two fifths (43.4 percent)
of visits for illicit drugs among
males involved one illicit drug only,
whereas one fifth (20.3 percent) of
visits involved multiple illicit drugs