Overview

The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program (ADAM) measures the extent of drug use in the high-risk population of people who have been arrested and booked or detained. The data are collected in participating counties through probability-based sampling of male arrestees in adult booking facilities and purposive sampling of female arrestees and juvenile detainees. Information comes from interviews and urinalyses obtained voluntarily and recorded confidentially in booking facilities, usually on the day of arrest and always within 48 hours of arrest.

As part of this process, research teams in the participating counties interview arrestees in each facility during one- to three-week periods in each quarter of the year. Interviewers collect demographic data and ask arrestees about what drugs they use, how often they use them, and how and where they acquire illicit drugs. Other questions ask about housing situation during the past year, method of support, and health insurance. After the interview, each respondent is asked to provide a urine sample, which is analyzed to detect drug use.

This tabular booklet presents findings from 36 ADAM sites that collected data in 2002. Each table is organized by site location and indicates the percentage of arrestees who qualified for the variable. The same series of 14 tables is presented on men in adult booking facilities in all sites, and on women in adult booking facilities in all sites in which at least 25 interviews were completed with female arrestees. Three additional tables are presented on juveniles at 5 ADAM sites where data were collected in juvenile detention facilities. All these tables were prepared by NORC at the University of Chicago—the ADAM national contractor. An overview of the tables on adult arrestees is presented below:

Table 1 arrays the ADAM sites by their geographic location, number of booking facilities, and number of interviews completed in each quarter.

Table 2 provides demographic data about ADAM interviewees.

In Table 3, we display the percentage of arrestees who tested positive for the most commonly reported drugs.

Tables 4 through 8 indicate the frequency that arrestees reported using selected drugs over the prior year.

In Tables 9 and 10, we show rates of arrestee heavy drinking and drug use and their risk for dependence, as determined by a clinically based dependency screen.

Tables 11 through 13 detail arrestees’ drug market participation, including failed attempts to purchase drugs.

Finally, Table 14 displays the proportion of arrestees who reported receiving drug, alcohol, and mental health treatment in the prior year.

Male Arrestee Tables

Description of Sample

Table 1. ADAM Booking Facilities, Completed Interviews, and Weighted Total Numbers—Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Table 2. Demographic Characteristics of Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Drug Test Results

Table 3. Urine Test Results on Drug Use among Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Drug Use and Acquisition Self-Reports

Table 4. Use and Acquisition of MARIJUANA among Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Table 5. Use and Acquisition of CRACK COCAINE among Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Table 6. Use and Acquisition of POWDER COCAINE among Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Table 7. Use and Acquisition of HEROIN among Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Table 8. Use and Acquisition of METHAMPHETAMINE among Adult Male Arrestees, 2002

Table 9. Male ADAM 2002—Heavy Drug Use and Risk for Dependence

Table 10. Male ADAM 2002—Heavy Alcohol Use and Risk for Dependence

Drug Market Behavior

Table 11. Male ADAM 2002—Last Drug Buy with Cash Was Outdoors

Table 12. Male ADAM 2002—Any Failed Drug Buy in the Past 30 Days

Table 13. Male ADAM 2002—Failed Drug Buy Due to Police Activity

Treatment

Table 14. Male ADAM 2002—Drug, Alcohol, and Mental Health Treatment Status

Female Arrestee Tables

Description of Sample

Table 1. ADAM Booking Facilities and Completed Interviews—Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Table 2. Demographic Characteristics of Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Drug Test Results

Table 3. Urine Test Results on Drug Use among Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Drug Use and Acquisition Self-Reports

Table 4. Use and Acquisition of MARIJUANA among Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Table 5. Use and Acquisition of CRACK COCAINE among Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Table 6. Use and Acquisition of POWDER COCAINE among Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Table 7. Use and Acquisition of HEROIN among Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Table 8. Use and Acquisition of METHAMPHETAMINE among Adult Female Arrestees, 2002

Table 9. Female ADAM 2002—Heavy Drug Use and Risk for Dependence

Table 10. Female ADAM 2002—Heavy Alcohol Use and Risk for Dependence

Drug Market Behavior

Table 11. Female ADAM 2002—Last Drug Buy with Cash Was Outdoors

Table 12. Female ADAM 2002—Any Failed Drug Buy in the Past 30 Days

Table 13. Female ADAM 2002—Failed Drug Buy Due to Police Activity

Treatment

Table 14. Female ADAM 2002—Drug, Alcohol, and Mental Health Treatment Status

Juvenile Detainee Tables

Description of Sample

Table 1. ADAM Juvenile Sample Counts and Demographic Characteristics, 2002

Drug Test Results

Table 2. Urine Test Results on Drug Use among Juvenile Male Detainees, 2002

Table 3. Urine Test Results on Drug Use among Juvenile Female Detainees, 2002

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