NCJ Number
238589
Date Published
May 2012
Length
177 pages
Annotation
This report presents the results of the 2011 data collection in the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring II (ADAM II) program, which is an initiative of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that operates in nine U.S. counties and the District of Columbia.
Abstract
In 2011, approximately 6,300 interviews were conducted, and approximately 5,900 urine specimens were tested in the 10 ADAM II sites, representing approximately 73,000 arrests. ADAM II data come from a probability-based sample of all adult males within 48 hours of their arrest in 10 U.S. counties. Arrestees who tested positive for drugs were more likely to be homeless than those testing negative in half of the sites; they were less likely to be employed in 6 of the 10 sites. Of those who admitted to drug use in the prior 12 months, 15 percent or less had been in either any outpatient or inpatient treatment in the prior year in any site. The most commonly detected drug in all sites was marijuana (from 36 percent in Atlanta, GA to 56 percent in Sacramento, CA). Cocaine was the second most commonly detected drug in 8 of the 10 sites. Portland, OR and Sacramento, CA were the exceptions, where methamphetamine was more commonly detected; however, cocaine use has significantly declined among arrestees in all sites compared to levels detected in the 2000-2003 data collections. As reflected in arrestees' reporting on acquisition of crack in the prior 30 days, activity in the retail crack market has also declined significantly over the past decade in all sites, declining by more than half in 8 of the 10 sites since 2000-2003 levels. The proportion of arrestees testing positive for opiates has significantly increased in 5 of the 10 sites since 2000 and 2001. 53 tables and 21 figures