1 - National Criminal Justice Reference Service

EXHIBIT 6
MARIJUANA TREATMENT ADMISSIONS
TO COUNTY FUNDED PROGRAMS
1987 to 1991
CATEGORY 1987
N=124
AGE %
Less than 18 20.6
18 - 29 47.6
30 - 39 25.4
40 - 49 5.6
50 + 0.8
I Mean 26.2
Median 26
SEX
Male 65.1
Female 34.9
RACE
White 78.6
Black 7.9
Hispanic 11.9
Native American 0.0
Other 1.6
EDUCATION
Less than 12 35.0
12th Grade 31.7
Some College 27.0
College Graduate 6.3
1988 1989 1990 1991
N=68 N-I06 N=131 N=226
% % % %
32.8 29.2 32.1 36.7
50.0 47.2 49.6 37.1
12.5 16.0 16.0 24.0
4.7 7.5 2.3 2.3
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
23.2 24.4 23.1 23.2
22 23 23 21
65.6 66.0 59.5 62.9
34.4 34.0 40.5 37.1
81.3 75.0 70.8 64.3
9.4 10.6 13.1 12.2
9.4 13.5 12.3 18.1
0.0 1.0 2.3 2.3
0.0 0.0 1.5 3.2
56.3 55.7 61.8 58.0
32.8 28.3 20.6 27.9
10.9 14.2 13.7 11.5
0.0 1.9 3.8 2.7
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PRIOR DRUG TREATMENT
Yes 26.2
No 73.8
: REFERRAL SOURCE
Criminal Justice System 16.9
Not CIS 83.1
40.6 38.7 38.2 45.7
59.4 61.3 61.8 54.3
21..1 23.6 39.0 38.2
78.9 76.4 61.1 61.8
PF10R ARRESTS
NJne
1 - 2
3 or Mote
N/A
N/A 46.0 33.9 24.9
34.9 39.4 31.2
19.1 26.8 43.9
ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
Oral 0.0
Smoke 96.0
USERS ENTi!lUN'G TX WITHIN
FIRST 3 YEARS OF USE 13.9
3.1 2.8 2.3 4.1
95.3 97.2 97.7 93.2
6.3 8.5 11.5 15.9
SOURCE: CALIFORNIA DRUG ABUSE DATA. SYSTEM/CALIFORNIA. ALCOHOL AND DRUG DATA SYSTEM
14 SEWG April 1992
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