Drug Abuse Increasing Among Baby Boomers

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.

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.

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

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