This dashboard serves to track patterns in marijuana abuse and its consequences. Data on prevalence of use, dispensaries, perceptions regarding use, the settings of marijuana use, driving under the influence of marijuana, poisonings, healthcare utilization, marijuana use disorder treatment in Los Angeles County are presented. This information can be used to evaluate the impact of Prop 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use in California, and to inform data-driven planning and evaluation of prevention and treatment services.
3.1%
Prescription pain reliever misuse in past year (2021)
0.4%
Heroin use in past year (2021)
283
Opioid prescriptions per 1,000 residents (2021)
6 in 10
Fentanyl-laced fake pills with lethal dose (2021)
11,924
Opioid-related
ED visits (2021)
16,663
Opioid-related hospitalizations (2021)
11,022
Primary heroin treatment admissions (FY2122)
1,719
Accidental opioid overdose deaths (2021)
Updated 10/16/2023
This dashboard was developed by the Health Outcomes and Data Analytics (HODA) Division of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC) Bureau in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. For information regarding this story, please contact Tina Kim, PhD at tkim@ph.lacounty.gov