NCJ Number
178453
Editor(s)
Robert M. Bray,
Mary Ellen Marsden
Date Published
1999
Length
366 pages
Annotation
This book presents the methodologies and findings of the studies that composed the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS), which was designed to examine the magnitude of drug abuse and its effects in an urban area.
Abstract
DC*MADS collected information about the use of alcohol and other drugs and associated negative consequences from all segments of the population in the District of Columbia metropolitan statistical area to provide a more complete picture of the impact of drug abuse in that area. Interviews were conducted with members of the household population, as well as with homeless and transient person, institutionalized residents, adult and juvenile offenders, drug treatment clients, and new mothers. One chapter discusses the methodology for DC*MADS, including the populations studied, demographic characteristics, questionnaire development and key measures, sampling procedures and data collection methods, and analytical approaches. Another chapter presents findings on the household population from the District of Columbia oversample included in the 1991 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Five chapters present the methodology and findings of DC*MADS studies of subpopulations. The editors advise that the populations and issues that are examined among household and nonhousehold populations in the District of Columbia metropolitan statistical area offer key insights into the nature of the multifaceted drug problem confronting metropolitan areas. For individual chapters, see NCJ-178454-61. 37 tables, 19 figures, chapter references, a subject index, and appended supplementary information on the various studies