Illicit Drug Use Case Study

The drug use extent is rather hard to measure considering you cannot measure private behavior. Like no other crimes the offender and the victim are the same. Data relies on self-reports of using drugs on the population or on information from known offenders. Monitoring the Future (MTF) is a well-known survey of drug use. This survey surveys high school students, college students, and young adults. The important information is the type and level of drug use. The most used drug is alcohol overall with marijuana in second place. Based on the data drug use is not as serious as usual. Illicit drug use is not taking over society just few people use it. Drugs are a problem though because there are still that small percent that use them. When it comes to drugs and crime there is a strong correlation. White in 1990 theorized four models for the relationship between the use of drugs and crime. First, drug use …show more content…
Interventions can be grouped into four types. The first type of intervention is maintenance programs. This program is an outpatient program that involves the provision of methadone to heroin and opiate addicts. Over a period of time those in this program will no longer experience the highs and lows when it comes to addiction to other drugs. This program shows positive results. The second type is therapeutic communities. These communities have a goal of providing a supportive structured atmosphere within a group where they are helped by altering their personality and develop social relationships. It is believed that this program is successful. The third type is outpatient drug-free programs. Group and individual counseling is the cornerstone of this program and may include professions or other group members. Lastly is detoxification. This is the use of drugs in order to remove the individual from addiction to an illicit drug. The idea is to wean a client off the addiction with a minimum amount of pain and