Drugs, Crime, and the Justice System: A National Report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics
Date Published
December 1992
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS
SUNDAY APRIL 26, 1998 202/307-0784
HIGH LEVELS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCE
COMMON AMONG NATION'S JAIL INMATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There are high
levels of drug and alcohol dependence among
the nation's jail inmates, according to a
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) survey of
men and women in local jails between October
1995...