West Virginia
The state of West Virginia is home to 1,815,860 people and the capitol is Charleston. Of the people that live in West Virginia 5,070 are currently incarcerated in state prisons. The police will make an estimated 11,090 arrests this year for drug charges and 8,400 will be arrested for DUIs. The state of West Virginia will also lose 510 people from alcohol abuse and 110 people will subsequently die from drug use.
West Virginia residents can easily find any drug they are looking for. Methamphetamine has grown in popularity year after year and consumers are finding it harder to produce since federal laws have made the items needed to make it so hard to obtain. Cocaine, found in a powder substance as well as in rock form, can be found all throughout the state. The crack form is most popular in low income or low-middle income areas. Heroin?s accessibility is very limited and mostly used only by long standing heroin addicts that rely upon each other for the procurement of the drug.
Marijuana is widely used and available all throughout the state. West Virginia has been ranked in the top 10 for marijuana eradication. Agencies have been formed to fight the growing of marijuana within its state. But the current laws state that if a person is found possessing any amount of marijuana they will get a misdemeanor, 90 days in jail to 6 months on their first charge and a $1,000 fine.
West Virginia also houses 87,855 marijuana users, 38,430 people who misuse prescription drugs, 14,380 cocaine addicts and 815 heroin addicts.
