Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
View More Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be Arrested
Highlights “As of January 2022, no offenders sentenced solely for simple possession of marijuana remained in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.” State…
View More How Many People Are In Prison For Marijuana Possession?
Highlights Data indicates that most people involved in serious accidents or those criminally arrested were under the influence of drugs or alcohol or have substances…
View More Is Anyone Sober? Under The Influence During Criminal Arrests And Accidents
Highlights In Oregon, only 1 percent of people who received citations for possessing hard drugs asked for treatment. Half showed up for court. State health…
View More Decriminalization-One Percent Of Drug Users Ask For Treatment-Overdose Deaths SoarPodcast Background Jim Dudley, a faculty member at the San Francisco State University interviews Leonard Sipes, owner of Crime In America. Net on crime rates…
View More Faculty Member Offers Podcast On Crime In America With Leonard Sipes
Summary More than half of prison and jail inmates meet criteria for drug dependence. Most offenders are drug and alcohol addicts in need of…
View More Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Issues Affect Most OffendersSubtitles: Half of Americans have used marijuana. If we want government out of our lives, why doesn’t this apply to marijuana? Author By Leonard A.…
View More Crime Site Wants Marijuana LegalizedAn indicator of marijuana use, the perceived risk of harm is declining among U.S. 12th grader (25 to 16 percent) even as the perceived risk…
View More The Perceived Risk of Marijuana Declines-Synthetic Pot Risk IncreasesFrom Crime in America.Net: A new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides insight into the nature and scope of…
View More 25 Million Americans Are Monthly Drug UsersThis report presents the first information from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse…
View More 24 Million Americans Are Current Drug UsersCrime in America Heavens, we were told by marijuana advocates that this wouldn’t happen; that the debate about the endless medical and recreational wonders of…
View More Marijuana Use Continues to Increase as Perceived Risk DecreasesCrime in America.Net Gentlereaders: Drug use continues to increase. Criminology 101—increased drug use means more crime. Criminology is filled with endless references to drug…
View More More Americans Using Drugs. Marijuana Increases. Use by Kids Grows. Baby Boomers Record Large Gains.Crime in America.Net Well, just in time for the California vote to legalize marijuana, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)…
View More Early Marijuana Use Leads to Later Drug AbuseCrime in America.Net Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Remains Stable Our analysis: The news on first time use of cocaine is wonderful considering the connection…
View More New cocaine users continue to decrease to the lowest number since 1973. Marijuana and ecstasy increase.Dear readers: Alcohol use is heavily connected to violent crime; more than any other substance. The connection is unremarkable noting the frequency of alcohol consumption; the…
View More Alcohol Use Stable Over Past 70 YearsDear Readers: The commentary below was created for the Los Angeles Times and was not on the website of the Office of National Drug Control…
View More Marijuana: People Do Incredibly Stupid Things Under the InfluenceWhenever we post statistics about the marijuana-crime connection, we get a ton of e-mails from disbelievers who feel that any connection is completely overblown. The…
View More The Drug-Crime Connection Remains Strong. Marijuana is the Prominent Drug