NCJ Number
127067
Date Published
1987
Length
16 pages
Annotation
Citizens in 42 cities were surveyed to assess the implementation of the State and local assistance programs established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 one year after its enactment.
Abstract
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 strengthened Federal interdiction efforts, stiffened Federal drug laws, and established new State and local assistance programs for enforcement, education, and treatment. This survey sought information on arrests for drug violations, the drugs most frequently involved in arrests, the availability of drug treatment, and the funding status of city programs through the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Arrests for drug violations by police departments on the survey cities accounted for an average of 14 percent of the total arrests made in these cities during 1986. Cocaine was the illegal drug most frequently involved in drug-related arrests, followed by marijuana and heroin. In more than three out of four of the responding cities, there is a waiting list to access drug treatment facilities; the average wait in these cities is seven weeks. Appendix