NCJ Number
146860
Date Published
1992
Length
323 pages
Annotation
These are the proceedings from California's 11th biannual statewide epidemiology work group meeting, held in April 1992.
Abstract
Included are updates on local and statewide drug abuse trends, and drug use and HIV; recent information concerning the National Institute of Justice's Drug Use Forecasting project; the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement's drug/lab seizure activity report; as well as reports on the profile of the inmate substance abuser, the epidemiology of drug use and crime in the Netherlands, and the impact of drug use on mothers who are under the supervision of child protective services. Also featured are reports on domestic record seizures, drug abuse indicator data, drug and alcohol use by teens, improving data systems for monitoring drug use, minority trends for arrests, and drug positive rates among workplace and criminal justice clients. The meeting agenda and a participant list are provided. Figures, charts, tables