In 2003, there were 9,358 adult admissions to residential or outpatient treatment facilities in Santa Clara County. Amphetamines and methamphetamine accounted for 47% of the 2003 adult admissions. There were 1,680 hospital discharges in Santa Clara County during 2000 for alcohol and drug related causes.
Criminal justice referrals accounted for 76% of the Santa Clara County residential/outpatient treatment admissions in 2003. Clients referred due to the Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) alone made up 36% of all admissions.
During 2002, there were 9,932 adult admissions to alcohol and drug treatment in the San Jose area (Santa Clara County). There were 10,236 discharges from outpatient or residential drug treatment in Santa Clara County during 2003. Thirty percent of the discharges involved individuals who left treatment against the advice of the providers, and only 35% was because people completed their alcohol or drug rehabilitation.
The median length of stay for those in outpatient treatment for marijuana abuse in Santa Clara County during 2003 was 88 days, while it was only 35 for inpatient. The average number of days for outpatient treatment in the San Jose Area was 84 overall, and 35 days was the average length of stay for inpatient rehab. This includes alcohol, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs.
Drug-Related Crime in San Jose Area
Data from 2003 indicate that 36.9% of San Jose adult male arrestees and over 45% of females tested positive for methamphetamine at arrest. Overall, approximately 65% of all arrestees tested positive for some type of drug.
Additional San Jose arrestee drug use data for 2003 indicate that 46.8% of the adult male arrestees used marijuana within the past year. Among those reporting past year marijuana use, the drug was used an average of 10.3 days within the past month.
During 2003, 43% of adult female arrestees in San Jose reported past year use of marijuana. Among the female arrestees who reported past year use of marijuana, the average number of days the substance was used in the past month was 10.1 days. Approximately 23% of San Jose adult male arrestees interviewed during 2003 reported receiving inpatient or residential treatment at some point in their lives.
Very little cocaine is sold in San Jose and some black tar heroin is available, however, methamphetamine is readily available in San Jose. Criminal groups produce the majority of methamphetmaine consumed in the San Jose area through the operation of superlabs. MDMA and GHB are also fairly popular in the San Jose area.
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