NCJ Number
147411
Date Published
1994
Length
31 pages
Annotation
This aggregation of quarterly data from the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) System for the entire year of 1993 yields useful summary measures of overall drug use among adult arrestees.
Abstract
DUF data and urine specimens are collected in selected booking facilities throughout the United States. For approximately 2 weeks each quarter, trained local staff obtain voluntary and anonymous urine specimens and interviews from samples of booked arrestees who have been in facilities less than 48 hours. DUF data for 1993 continue to show high rates of drug use across a broad spectrum of arrestees. The majority of the 23 sites reported an increase in the percentage of arrestees who tested positive for drugs. Much of this increase is apparently due to greater use of marijuana, but rates of cocaine use also remain high. Cocaine remains the most prevalent drug among both male and female arrestees, a pattern consistent with DUF results from previous years. Reports of increased availability of heroin continue. Although DUF data reveal little change in the overall rates of opiate use among adult arrestees, there were dramatic changes in rates among 15- to 20-year-old arrestees in two cities. Data are presented separately for each of the 23 sites.