ACTIVITIES IN CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE

• NCJ Number: 10524
• Author(s): G A GRIZZLE
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 34 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-71-020
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of North Carolina
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: MECKLENBURG CRIMINAL JUSTICE PILOT PROJECT

Annotation

AGENCIES CONDUCTING DRUG-RELATED ACTIVITIES, TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THESE AGENCIES, DRUG ABUSER DISTRIBUTION, AND DRUGS MOST FREQUENTLY ABUSED.

Abstract

THE THIRTY-FIVE AGENCIES LISTED IN THIS REPORT WERE SURVEYED THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES AS WERE LOCAL PHYSICIANS AND MINISTERS. RESPONSE RATES FROM DOCTORS AND MINISTERS WERE LOW. THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT MOST DRUG ABUSERS SOUGHT HELP FROM AGENCIES RATHER THAN PRIVATE PHYSICIANS OR MINISTERS. ALCOHOL ABUSERS REPORTED SEEKING HELP ARE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, MALE, AND OVER 26 YEARS OLD. OTHER DRUG ABUSERS ARE MORE HEAVILY BLACK, FEMALE, AND UNDER 27 YEARS OLD. THE DRUG REPORTED MOST FREQUENTLY MISUSED IS ALCOHOL. OTHER DRUGS FREQUENTLY MISUSED ARE HEROIN, LSD, BARBITURATES, AND AMPHETAMINES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)