Alameda
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The city of
Alameda has a population of 72,259 residents. There are approximately 3,490 cannabis users, 1530 misusing prescription medication, 570 addicted to cocaine, 260 using psychedelics, 145 using inhalants, and 30 people are addicted to heroin.
This year 100 people will lose their lives to tobacco related products, 20 from alcohol, and 4 from illegal drug use.
The police will make approximately 440 arrests for drug related charges and another 330 driving under the influence arrests during the calendar year.
In a 2006 poll of
Alameda
County 7th, 9th, and 11th graders it was discovered that 81.6% of those polled had not used any illegal drugs while 18.4% of those polled had used illegal drugs at least once.
Those arrested for drug possession in
Alameda
County today are almost 9 times more likely to be sentenced to prison than they were back in the 1980s. There were 21 people sent to prison in
Alameda
County for drug possession, in 1999 there were 216. Deaths from cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, and psychedelics make up 25% of drug related deaths.