NCJ Number
225635
Date Published
March 2004
Length
102 pages
Annotation
This report presents data tables on current drug-related areas that the 1998 Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Reauthorization Act requires the ONDCP to assess.
Abstract
One of the areas for which data are reported is estimates of drug prevalence and frequency of use as measured by national, State, and local surveys of illicit drug use as well as by other special studies of casual and chronic drug use. These data encompass high-risk populations, including school dropouts, the homeless and transient, arrestees, parolees, probationers, and juvenile delinquents; and drug use in the workplace and the productivity lost by such use. A second area of data reporting assesses the reduction of drug availability against an ascertained baseline. This reporting addresses the quantities of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, and other drugs available for consumption in the United States. Data also focus on the amount of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and precursor chemicals entering the United States, as well as the number of hectares of marijuana, poppy, and coca cultivated and destroyed domestically and in other countries. The number of metric tons of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine seized are also reported, along with the number of cocaine and methamphetamine processing laboratories destroyed domestically and in other countries. In addition, data cover changes in the price and purity of various drugs and the amount and type of controlled substances diverted from legitimate retail and wholesale sources. Data further address the effectiveness of Federal technology programs at improving drug detection capabilities in interdiction and at U.S. ports of entry. Other categories of data tables focus on an assessment of the reduction of the consequences of drug use and availability, the status of drug treatment in the United States, and a review of the research agenda of the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center. 81 tables