Local Data
In the 2018 Madison County Teen Assessment Project (TAP) Report, student usage of methamphetamines (2%), inhalants (3%), steroids without a doctor’s prescription (2%) and prescription drugs (i.e. OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Codein, Adderall, Ritalin or Xanax) without a doctor’s prescription (7%) were the same as or lower than on the 2014 TAP Survey.
Patients admitted to Madison County hospitals related to drug overdose were higher in 2020 and 2021 (147 and 136 respectively) after a downward trend from 2016 to 2019. With 40 hospitalizations, the first quarter of 2022 marks the highest number in the same quarter of previous years.