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DRUG ENFORCEMENT STATISTICAL REPORT, 1978 - ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, DRUG ABUSE INDICATORS, ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING DATA

NCJ Number
58411
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1979
Length
52 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL DATA COMPILED THROUGH DECEMBER 1978 ARE PRESENTED THAT DEAL WITH DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ILLICIT DRUG PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS: ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY DATA, DRUG ABUSE INDICATOR DATA, AND ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING DATA. ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY DATA FOCUS ON THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION IN FEDERAL DOMESTIC DRUG REMOVALS, FOREIGN COOPERATIVE DRUG REMOVALS, FEDERAL ARRESTS AND DEFENDANT DISPOSITIONS, AND FOREIGN COOPERATIVE ARRESTS AND ON DOMESTIC ARRESTS AND CLANDESTINE LABORATORIES SEIZED, COMPLIANCE INVESTIGATIONS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS, STATE AND LOCAL DRUG LAW ARRESTS, LABORATORY ANALYSES PERFORMED, PORTS AND BORDERS DRUG REMOVALS, AND ALIENS ARRESTED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES FOR A DRUG OFFENSE. DRUG ABUSE INDICATORS INCLUDE THE ADJUSTED HEROIN PRICE AND PURITY BY REGION, NATIONAL ILLICIT DRUG RETAIL PRICES, DRUG THEFTS BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, DRUG-RELATED DEATHS, DRUG-RELATED INJURIES, AND FEDERALLY-FUNDED DRUG TREATMENT ADMISSION. ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING DATA CONCERN DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL AND FIELD OFFICES AND ALSO DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. A BRIEF NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF EACH SECTION OF DATA IS PROVIDED. (DEP)