title: Narcotic use in an inmate population at three points in time.
abstract: Studies on new jail admissions conducted in 1969, 1971, and 1973 indicated a sharp decrease in heroin use among male inmates in the District of Columbia in 1973. In the jail study conducted in 1969 among 225 inmates, 45% reported to be addicted to heroin, in 1971, 47% of the 150 inmates reported to be addicted, as compared to only 22% of the 200 inmates in 1973. Only 38% of the addict-inmates in 1969 reported ever receiving treatment for their addiction, while 62% in 1971 and 64% in 1973 reported receiving treatment.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003415:Crime; D004493:Education; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D011329:Prisoners; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors