NCJ Number
226159
Date Published
January 2009
Length
44 pages
Annotation
This report provides national trend information, for the time period of 2001 to 2008 on efforts and outcomes in the Nation’s fight to reduce its drug problem.
Abstract
Prepared by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, this report is divided into two primary sections: inputs and outcomes. Essentially it provides a statistical picture of the Nation’s drug problem and the various components put into place, ranging from financial expenditures targeting prevention, treatment, and drug screening program development to prevention, treatment, and drug screening program implementation to combat the long-term drug problem that the United States has faced and continues to battle with some success identified in its efforts during the 2001 to 2008 time period. Highlights of areas presented, in a statistical format, in the inputs section of the report include: (1) the Federal Drug Control Budget, fiscal year (FY) 1988-2009; (2) per capita expenditures for prevention, by State; (3) more than 1 million persons are in treatment every day; and (4) access to recovery outcomes, 2007. Highlights of areas presented in the outcomes section of the report include: (1) youth drug use fell 25 percent; (2) a declining trend in positive workplace drug tests; (3) emergency department episodes involving marijuana almost tripled from 1994 to 2002; (4) less cocaine from Colombia and more of its being seized; (5) 769 Drug Free Communities Program grantees, FY 2008; (6) the exploding popularity of student drug testing programs; and (7) a growing trend in funding drug screening.