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In 2005, Nearly 1.4 Million Emergency Department Visits Due to Drug Misuse & Abuse

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Nearly 1.4 million of all 108 million general non-Federal hospital emergency department visits were associated with drug misuse or abuse in 2005. About a third of drug-related emergency visits, 598,542, were estimated to involve non-medical use of prescription or over-the-counter pharmaceuticals or dietary supplements. Over half (56%) of the 1.4 million emergency department visits associated drug misuse or abuse involved an illicit drug alone or in combination with another drug or with alcohol. The following drugs were most frequently involved . . .

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