HIV & AIDS - The Drug-AIDS Hypothesis

TABLE 2

Chronology of diseases and death from illicit recreational drug us in the US (1,2,3)

Drug	Event	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
cocaine	death hospital	-- 80,355	2,938 101,189	3,285 119,843	3,633 123,423	3,687 142,878
amphetamines	death hospital	-- 8,800	252 7,363	334 10,615	566 15,630	751 17,665
heroin	death hospital	-- 33,884	2,260 35,898	2,782 48,003	3,558 63,232	3,522 64,013
all drugs	death hospital	-- 371,208	6,246 393,968	6,870 433,493	7,602 460,910	8,541 518,521
1. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Drugs & Crime Data. Drugs & Crime Clearinghouse 1996; July 1996. 2. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Annual emergency department data 1993. Data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) 1993; 81-110. 3. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Annual Medical Examiner data. Data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) 1994; 1-82, 1994.