Emergency Visits Involving Benzodiazepines Rose 41% From 1995 to 2002: 78% of Benzodiazepine-Related Visits Involved Two or More Drugs

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Statistics The number of drug abuse-related emergency department (ED) visits involving benzodiazepines has increased 41%, from 71,609 in 1995 to 100,784 in 2002. Of these visits, over three-quarters (78%) involved two or more drugs. Trends in benzodiazepine-related ED visits show that there has been a 41% increase between 1995 and 2002. Not only were they involved in over 100,000 drug abuse-related visits in 2002, but they were also the most commonly mentioned type of psychotropic drug in abuse-related ED visits. Of . . .