Friday, August 27, 2004

Inmate tests show 85pc use drugs / [Australia] NEWS.com.au 27 Aug 2004)

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10582774%5E2682,00.html:
"EIGHTY-FIVE per cent of prisoners in police custody tested for drugs at the Adelaide watch house are returning positive results.

The most common drugs being detected are cannabis, amphetamines, benzodiazepines and opiates such as heroin.
The voluntary testing program has also been under way at the Elizabeth watch house, with figures for the January-March quarter revealing that 82.9 per cent of prisoners tested had used illicit drugs.
Senior police said yesterday that the test results reinforced the link between violent crime, property crime and drug use."