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Drugs & Substance Abuse

Drug & Alcohol Crime & Offenses

The relationship between drugs and alcohol and crime is complex. Most directly, it is a crime to buy, use, possess, manufacture, or distribute illegal drugs (such as cocaine, heroin, and marijuana). The misuse of legal substances may also be connected to crime. For example, prescription drug abuse may be associated with a variety of crimes such as prescription forgery, illegal internet pharmacies, and drug theft. Similarly, alcohol, while legal for adults, may be used in a manner that constitutes a crime or status offense (i.e., while operating a vehicle or possession by a minor). Drugs and alcohol also impact crime indirectly via the effects they have on users’ behavior and by their association with violence and other illegal activity in connection with their manufacture, distribution, acquisition or consumption.
OJP Publications

Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works, NIJ, December 2012
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Arrest in the United States, 1990-2010, BJS, October 2012
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Monitoring Drug Epidemics and the Markets that Sustain Them Using ADAM II: Final Technical Report, NIJ-Sponsored, August 2012
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Monitoring Drug Epidemics and the Markets that Sustain Them Using ADAM II: Executive Summary, NIJ-Sponsored, August 2012
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Comprehensive Investigation of the Role of the Individuals, the Immediate Social Environment, and Neighborhoods in Trajectories of Adolescent Antisocial Behavior, Final Technical Report, NIJ-Sponsored, July 2012
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Related Resources

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Drugs and Crime Facts

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS): Illegal Drug Use

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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