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Pulse Check: Trends in Drug Abuse November 2001 Executive Office of the President Office of National Drug Control Policy Washington, DC 20503 NCJ 191248 Entire document in PDF format (875 kb) Table of Contents Acknowledgements Highlights Introduction Heroin Crack Cocaine Powder Cocaine Marijuana Methamphetamine Ecstasy and Other Club Drugs Special Topic: Sythetic Opiods Appendix 1: Methodology Appendix 2: Population Demographics in the 21 Pulse Check Sites Appendix 3: National-Level Data Sources Available in the 21 Pulse Check Sites Appendix 4: Pulse Check Sources Appendix 5: List of Discussion Areas by Source Type Exhibits Highlights Exhibit 1. How serious is the perceived drug problem in the 21 Pulse Check communities? Exhibit 2. How has the perceived drug problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. What new problems have emerged or intensified during spring 2001? Exhibit 4. How has the perceived drug problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 5. What are the most serious drug problems in the 21 Pulse Check sites, by type of source? Exhibit 6. What are the most serious drug problems in the 21 Pulse Check sites, by number of sources and sites? Heroin Exhibit 1. How available is heroin across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has heroin availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How available are the different varieties of heroin? How has their availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. What are the prices and purity levels of different types of heroin in 18 Pulse Check cities? How have prices and purity changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 5. How is heroin referred to, and what types of heroin predominate, in different regions of the country? Exhibit 6. How likely are heroin sellers to use their own drug? Exhibit 7. Where is street-level heroin sold and used? Exhibit 8. What other drugs do heroin dealers sell? Exhibit 9. What demographic groups predominate among heroin users, according to different Pulse Check sources? Exhibit 10. How do users administer heroin? Exhibit 11. How has heroin use impacted the health of users? Crack Cocaine Exhibit 1. How available is crack cocaine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has crack cocaine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much does crack cocaine cost in 19 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is crack cocaine referred to across different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. What other drugs do crack dealers sell? Exhibit 6. How likely are crack sellers to use their own drug? Exhibit 7. Where is street-level crack sold and used? Exhibit 8. What age group is most likely to use crack? Exhibit 9. Which genders are the predominant users of specific drugs in the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 10. What racial/ethnic group is most likely to use crack? Powder Cocaine Exhibit 1. How available is powder cocaine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has powder cocaine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much do grams and "eight-balls" of powder cocaine cost in 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is powder cocaine referred to across different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. What other drugs do powder cocaine dealers sell? Exhibit 6. Where is street-level powder cocaine sold and used? Exhibit 7. What racial/ethnic group is most likely to use specific drugs? Exhibit 8. What is the predominant socioeconomic status of powder cocaine users? Marijuana Exhibit 1. How available is marijuana across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. What varieties of marijuana are described as "widely" or "somewhat" available across the 21 Pulse Check cities? How has availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How has marijuana availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. How much does marijuana cost in 19 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 5. How is marijuana referred to in different regions of the country? Exhibit 6. What age group is most likely to use marijuana? Exhibit 7. Where are drug users most likely to reside? Exhibit 8. How are different drug users referred to treatment? Exhibit 9. What are some slang terms for drug combinations involving marijuana? Methamphetamine Exhibit 1. How available is methamphetamine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has methamphetamine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much does methamphetamine cost in 16 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is methamphetamine referred to in different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. In what other crimes are illicit drug sellers involved, by different drugs, across Pulse Check sites? Exhibit 6. Where is methamphetamine sold and used across 18 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What age group is most likely to use methamphetamine? Club Drugs Exhibit 1. Where are club drugs emerging? Exhibit 2. How available is club drugs across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 3. Has club drug availability changed across the 21 Pulse Check cities (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. How are ecstasy and ecstasy combinations referred to across Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 5. How are ecstasy pills labeled in reporting Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 6. How much does a pill (one dose) of ecstasy cost in 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What other substances might be contained in ecstasy tablets? Exhibit 8. Where is ecstasy sold and used across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 9. Has the number of novice ecstasy users in treatment changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 10. How much do GHB, ketamine and Rohypnol cost? Exhibit 11. What are the predominant characteristics of club drug sellers? Exhibit 12 What are the predominant characteristics of club drug users? Synthetic Opioids Exhibit 1. How much of a problem is OxyContin® diversion and abused, by U.S. Region? Exhibit 2. How has the perceived OxyContin® problem changed since the last reporting period, by U.S. region? Exhibit 3. How serious a problem is OxyContin® diversion and abuse in Pulse Check cities and how has the problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. Where is OxyContin® emerging? Exhibit 5. How available is diverted OxyContin® in 17 Pulse Check cities, and how has availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 6. How is diverted OxyContin® referred to in Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What are the most commonly sold units of diverted OxyContin®? Exhibit 8. Where is diverted OxyContin® sold and abused across 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 9. How has the number of novice OxyContin® treatment clients changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 10. Who abuses OxyContin®, according to epidemiologic and ethnographic respondents? Exhibit 11. 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Acknowledgements Highlights Introduction Heroin Crack Cocaine Powder Cocaine Marijuana Methamphetamine Ecstasy and Other Club Drugs Special Topic: Sythetic Opiods Appendix 1: Methodology Appendix 2: Population Demographics in the 21 Pulse Check Sites Appendix 3: National-Level Data Sources Available in the 21 Pulse Check Sites Appendix 4: Pulse Check Sources Appendix 5: List of Discussion Areas by Source Type Exhibits Highlights Exhibit 1. How serious is the perceived drug problem in the 21 Pulse Check communities? Exhibit 2. How has the perceived drug problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. What new problems have emerged or intensified during spring 2001? Exhibit 4. How has the perceived drug problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 5. What are the most serious drug problems in the 21 Pulse Check sites, by type of source? Exhibit 6. What are the most serious drug problems in the 21 Pulse Check sites, by number of sources and sites? Heroin Exhibit 1. How available is heroin across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has heroin availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How available are the different varieties of heroin? How has their availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. What are the prices and purity levels of different types of heroin in 18 Pulse Check cities? How have prices and purity changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 5. How is heroin referred to, and what types of heroin predominate, in different regions of the country? Exhibit 6. How likely are heroin sellers to use their own drug? Exhibit 7. Where is street-level heroin sold and used? Exhibit 8. What other drugs do heroin dealers sell? Exhibit 9. What demographic groups predominate among heroin users, according to different Pulse Check sources? Exhibit 10. How do users administer heroin? Exhibit 11. How has heroin use impacted the health of users? Crack Cocaine Exhibit 1. How available is crack cocaine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has crack cocaine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much does crack cocaine cost in 19 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is crack cocaine referred to across different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. What other drugs do crack dealers sell? Exhibit 6. How likely are crack sellers to use their own drug? Exhibit 7. Where is street-level crack sold and used? Exhibit 8. What age group is most likely to use crack? Exhibit 9. Which genders are the predominant users of specific drugs in the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 10. What racial/ethnic group is most likely to use crack? Powder Cocaine Exhibit 1. How available is powder cocaine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has powder cocaine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much do grams and "eight-balls" of powder cocaine cost in 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is powder cocaine referred to across different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. What other drugs do powder cocaine dealers sell? Exhibit 6. Where is street-level powder cocaine sold and used? Exhibit 7. What racial/ethnic group is most likely to use specific drugs? Exhibit 8. What is the predominant socioeconomic status of powder cocaine users? Marijuana Exhibit 1. How available is marijuana across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. What varieties of marijuana are described as "widely" or "somewhat" available across the 21 Pulse Check cities? How has availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How has marijuana availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. How much does marijuana cost in 19 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 5. How is marijuana referred to in different regions of the country? Exhibit 6. What age group is most likely to use marijuana? Exhibit 7. Where are drug users most likely to reside? Exhibit 8. How are different drug users referred to treatment? Exhibit 9. What are some slang terms for drug combinations involving marijuana? Methamphetamine Exhibit 1. How available is methamphetamine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has methamphetamine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much does methamphetamine cost in 16 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is methamphetamine referred to in different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. In what other crimes are illicit drug sellers involved, by different drugs, across Pulse Check sites? Exhibit 6. Where is methamphetamine sold and used across 18 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What age group is most likely to use methamphetamine? Club Drugs Exhibit 1. Where are club drugs emerging? Exhibit 2. How available is club drugs across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 3. Has club drug availability changed across the 21 Pulse Check cities (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. How are ecstasy and ecstasy combinations referred to across Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 5. How are ecstasy pills labeled in reporting Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 6. How much does a pill (one dose) of ecstasy cost in 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What other substances might be contained in ecstasy tablets? Exhibit 8. Where is ecstasy sold and used across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 9. Has the number of novice ecstasy users in treatment changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 10. How much do GHB, ketamine and Rohypnol cost? Exhibit 11. What are the predominant characteristics of club drug sellers? Exhibit 12 What are the predominant characteristics of club drug users? Synthetic Opioids Exhibit 1. How much of a problem is OxyContin® diversion and abused, by U.S. Region? Exhibit 2. How has the perceived OxyContin® problem changed since the last reporting period, by U.S. region? Exhibit 3. How serious a problem is OxyContin® diversion and abuse in Pulse Check cities and how has the problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. Where is OxyContin® emerging? Exhibit 5. How available is diverted OxyContin® in 17 Pulse Check cities, and how has availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 6. How is diverted OxyContin® referred to in Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What are the most commonly sold units of diverted OxyContin®? Exhibit 8. Where is diverted OxyContin® sold and abused across 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 9. How has the number of novice OxyContin® treatment clients changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 10. Who abuses OxyContin®, according to epidemiologic and ethnographic respondents? Exhibit 11. Who abuses OxyContin®, according to methadone and non-methadone treatment respondents?
Exhibits
Highlights Exhibit 1. How serious is the perceived drug problem in the 21 Pulse Check communities? Exhibit 2. How has the perceived drug problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. What new problems have emerged or intensified during spring 2001? Exhibit 4. How has the perceived drug problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 5. What are the most serious drug problems in the 21 Pulse Check sites, by type of source? Exhibit 6. What are the most serious drug problems in the 21 Pulse Check sites, by number of sources and sites? Heroin Exhibit 1. How available is heroin across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has heroin availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How available are the different varieties of heroin? How has their availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. What are the prices and purity levels of different types of heroin in 18 Pulse Check cities? How have prices and purity changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 5. How is heroin referred to, and what types of heroin predominate, in different regions of the country? Exhibit 6. How likely are heroin sellers to use their own drug? Exhibit 7. Where is street-level heroin sold and used? Exhibit 8. What other drugs do heroin dealers sell? Exhibit 9. What demographic groups predominate among heroin users, according to different Pulse Check sources? Exhibit 10. How do users administer heroin? Exhibit 11. How has heroin use impacted the health of users? Crack Cocaine Exhibit 1. How available is crack cocaine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has crack cocaine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much does crack cocaine cost in 19 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is crack cocaine referred to across different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. What other drugs do crack dealers sell? Exhibit 6. How likely are crack sellers to use their own drug? Exhibit 7. Where is street-level crack sold and used? Exhibit 8. What age group is most likely to use crack? Exhibit 9. Which genders are the predominant users of specific drugs in the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 10. What racial/ethnic group is most likely to use crack? Powder Cocaine Exhibit 1. How available is powder cocaine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has powder cocaine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much do grams and "eight-balls" of powder cocaine cost in 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is powder cocaine referred to across different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. What other drugs do powder cocaine dealers sell? Exhibit 6. Where is street-level powder cocaine sold and used? Exhibit 7. What racial/ethnic group is most likely to use specific drugs? Exhibit 8. What is the predominant socioeconomic status of powder cocaine users? Marijuana Exhibit 1. How available is marijuana across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. What varieties of marijuana are described as "widely" or "somewhat" available across the 21 Pulse Check cities? How has availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How has marijuana availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. How much does marijuana cost in 19 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 5. How is marijuana referred to in different regions of the country? Exhibit 6. What age group is most likely to use marijuana? Exhibit 7. Where are drug users most likely to reside? Exhibit 8. How are different drug users referred to treatment? Exhibit 9. What are some slang terms for drug combinations involving marijuana? Methamphetamine Exhibit 1. How available is methamphetamine across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 2. How has methamphetamine availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 3. How much does methamphetamine cost in 16 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 4. How is methamphetamine referred to in different regions of the country? Exhibit 5. In what other crimes are illicit drug sellers involved, by different drugs, across Pulse Check sites? Exhibit 6. Where is methamphetamine sold and used across 18 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What age group is most likely to use methamphetamine? Club Drugs Exhibit 1. Where are club drugs emerging? Exhibit 2. How available is club drugs across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 3. Has club drug availability changed across the 21 Pulse Check cities (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. How are ecstasy and ecstasy combinations referred to across Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 5. How are ecstasy pills labeled in reporting Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 6. How much does a pill (one dose) of ecstasy cost in 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What other substances might be contained in ecstasy tablets? Exhibit 8. Where is ecstasy sold and used across the 21 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 9. Has the number of novice ecstasy users in treatment changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 10. How much do GHB, ketamine and Rohypnol cost? Exhibit 11. What are the predominant characteristics of club drug sellers? Exhibit 12 What are the predominant characteristics of club drug users? Synthetic Opioids Exhibit 1. How much of a problem is OxyContin® diversion and abused, by U.S. Region? Exhibit 2. How has the perceived OxyContin® problem changed since the last reporting period, by U.S. region? Exhibit 3. How serious a problem is OxyContin® diversion and abuse in Pulse Check cities and how has the problem changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 4. Where is OxyContin® emerging? Exhibit 5. How available is diverted OxyContin® in 17 Pulse Check cities, and how has availability changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 6. How is diverted OxyContin® referred to in Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 7. What are the most commonly sold units of diverted OxyContin®? Exhibit 8. Where is diverted OxyContin® sold and abused across 17 Pulse Check cities? Exhibit 9. How has the number of novice OxyContin® treatment clients changed (fall 2000 vs spring 2001)? Exhibit 10. Who abuses OxyContin®, according to epidemiologic and ethnographic respondents? Exhibit 11. Who abuses OxyContin®, according to methadone and non-methadone treatment respondents?
