Profile of Drug Indicators for Hillsborough County 2004

Profile of Drug Indicators for Hillsborough County 2004

Profile of Alcohol and Drug Indicators for HillsboroughCounty

June 25, 2006

Kathleen A. Moore, Ph.D.

M. Scott Young, Ph.D.

Department of Mental Health Law and Policy

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute

University of SouthFlorida

Alcohol Outlet Indicators

Table One. Number of HillsboroughCounty Active Alcohol Licenses, by License Type

Description / # Licenses,
2004
Alcohol Package Sales Licenses
Beer & Wine Package Sales / 1,070
Beer Only Package Sales / 332
Beer, Wine, & Liquor Package Sales / 166
Consumed on Premises Licenses
Beer, Wine, & Liquor Package or Consumption on Premises / 773
Beer & Wine Package or Consumption on Premises / 586
Beer Only Package or Consumption on Premises / 41
Other License Types
Theme parks, bottle clubs, golf clubs, symphony/orchestras, etc. / 86
All licenses / 3,054

Note. Data obtained from Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (DABT).

  • Among alcohol package sales licenses, most were for sale of beer and wine only (68%), with the fewest being for sale of beer, wine, and liquor (11%).
  • Among licenses allowing consumption on premises, most were for sale of beer, wine, and liquor (55%), with the fewest being for sale of beer only (3%).
  • There were slightly more alcohol package sales licenses (1568), as compared to licenses allowing consumption on premises (1400).

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Criminal Justice Indicators

Table Two. Alcohol- and Drug-Related Offense and Arrest Data

HillsboroughCounty / PinellasCounty / OrangeCounty
Indicator / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
HillsboroughCounty Uniform Crime Report Data
DUI Arrests / 6,275 / 5,720 / 6,412 / 4,107 / 3,584 / 3,588 / 3,512 / 3,404 / 3,004
Drug / Narcotic Arrests / 9,275 / 9,965 / 12,295 / 6,493 / 6,610 / 7,245 / 6,968 / 7,311 / 7,608
Liquor Law Violations / 2,514 / 2,479 / 3,558 / 2,464 / 2,151 / 2,128 / 821 / 831 / 739
HillsboroughCounty Sheriff’s Office
Central Breath Testing Unit Data
DUI Arrests / 6,786 / 6,067 / 6,758
Tampa Police Department
Drug offenses/narcotics / 4,432 / 4,473 / 6,425
Drug offenses/equipment / 82 / 95 / 168
Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office Data
Notices to Appear for Underage Drinking / 486

Note. Uniform Crime Report data retrieved through FDLE website:

Tampa Police Department, Crime Statistics by Grid, Part II Offenses:

  • Uniform Crime Report data from 2002 – 2004 indicate that:
  • There has been an increase in both the number of drug/narcotic arrests (33%) and liquor law violations (42%).
  • DUI arrests were higher in 2004 compared to the previous two years.
  • Tampa Police Department data from 2002 – 2004 indicate that there has been an increase in both the number of narcotic (45%) and equipment (105%) drug offenses.

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Table Three. Percent of Adult Male Arrestees Testing Positive for Drugs

Tampa / National Median
Drug Type / % Positive, 2003 / % Positive, 2003
Marijuana / 45.2% / 44.1%
Cocaine / 30.1% / 30.1%
Alcohol / 11.2% / 9.5%
Heroin / 3.8% / 5.8%
Methamphetamine / 1.6% / 4.7%
Any of the above 5 / 60.1% / 67.0%
Multiple drugs / 19.5% / 23.4%

Note. National Institute of Justice, Drug and Alcohol Use and Related Matters Among Arrestees, 2003, 2004:

  • Urinalysis data indicate that marijuana was the drug most commonly found among adult male arrestees in 2003, followed by cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.

Table Four. Percent of Tampa Adult Male Arrestees Reporting Past Drug Use

2003
Drug Use / Marijuana / Crack Cocaine / Powder Cocaine / Meth. / Heroin
Past 7 day use / 38.1% / 11.4% / 8.4% / 1.5% / 1.3%
Past 30 day use / 44.3% / 13.3% / 11.5% / 2.2% / 1.9%
Past year use / 52.3% / 16.1% / 17.0% / 4.8% / 2.9%
Average # of days used in past month / 11.1 / 8.4 / 4.2 / 5.7 / 8.7

Note. National Institute of Justice, Drug and Alcohol Use and Related Matters Among Arrestees, 2003, 2004:

  • Consistent with drug test data reported in Table 3, 2003 self report data indicate that marijuana was the drug most commonly used by adult male arrestees, followed by cocaine.

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General Population Surveys: Adult Prevalence Rates

Table Five. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data

HillsboroughCounty / Florida Statewide
Indicator / 2002 / 2004 / 2002 / 2004
Alcohol
Adults who have had at least 1 drink of alcohol within the past 30 days / 57.8% / 60.7% / 55.3% / 56.4%
Heavy Drinkers (adult men having more than two drinks daily, and adult women having more than one drink daily) / 6.5% / 4.8% / 6.4% / 5.4%
Binge Drinkers (adults having five or more drinks on one occasion) within the past 30 days / 16.4% / 16.6% / 13.7% / 12.5%
Tobacco
Current Smoking (adults reporting having smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke) / 21.6% / 22.2% / 22.0% / 20.2%

Note. Data retrieved from NationalCenter for Disease Control’s Behavioral Risk Factor SurveillanceSystem

  • Hillsborough County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data indicate that adult alcohol and tobacco use were relatively steady from 2002 to 2004, except for a slight decrease in heavy drinking.

Table Six. Suncoast District National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) Prevalence Data

1999, 2000, & 2001:
Annual Averages
Ages 12 – 17 / Ages 18 – 25 / Ages 26+ / Total
Alcohol
Alcohol Use, Past Month / 15.6% / 55.5% / 55.0% / 51.8%
Binge Alcohol Use, Past Month / 9.5% / 37.5% / 20.2% / 21.1%
Perceptions of Great Risk of Having 5 or More Alcoholic Drinks Once or Twice a Week / 43.4% / 39.7% / 46.4% / 45.6%
Cigarettes
Cigarette Use, Past Month / 12.3% / 43.7% / 25.3% / 26.1%
Any Tobacco Product Use, Past Month / 14.6% / 47.6% / 30.9% / 31.3%
Perceptions of Great Risk of Smoking One or More Packs per Day / 67.7% / 63.3% / 71.8% / 70.6%
Marijuana
Marijuana Use, Past Month / 7.1% / 14.5% / 3.8% / 5.2%
Annual Rate of First Use of Marijuana / 6.1% / 4.9% / 0.1% / 1.2%
Perceptions of Great Risk of Smoking Marijuana Once a Month / 40.9% / 33.3% / 46.9% / 45.0%
Illicit Drugs
Illicit Drug Use, Past Month / 9.0% / 17.1% / 4.8% / 6.4%
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana, Past Month / 4.6% / 7.9% / 1.3% / 2.3%
Cocaine Use, Past Year / 1.4% / 5.6% / 1.2% / 1.6%

Note. Data are for the Suncoast District and are based on annual averages from 1999, 2000, and 2001,

  • National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health data from 1999 – 2001 indicate that past month alcohol use (51.8%) was more prevalent than cigarette (26.1%), marijuana (5.2%), or other illicit drug (2.3%) use for all ages.
  • Past month binge alcohol use was most common among respondents aged 18 – 25 years (37.5%), as compared to ages 12 – 17 (9.5%) and 26+ (20.2%).
  • Past month use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, or other illicit drugs was highest among respondents aged 18 – 25 years.

General Population Surveys: Adolescent Prevalence Rates

Table Seven. 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Alcohol and Drug Data

HillsboroughCounty / Florida Statewide
Lifetime Use
Alcohol Use / 72.6% / 71.3%
Marijuana Use / 38.1% / 35.2%
Past 30-Day Behavior
Alcohol Use / 41.3% / 39.7%
Episodic Heavy Drinking (5 drinks in a row) / 22.5% / 21.3%
Drinking on School Property / 6.6% / 4.5%
Marijuana Use / 19.1% / 16.8%
Marijuana Use on School Property / 4.6% / 4.0%
Drove after Drinking / 11.5% / 10.2%
Rode in Car w/Someone who had been Drinking / 30.0% / 27.2%
Past 12 Months
Offered, Given, or Sold Drugs on School Property / 32.3% / 23.2%

Note. Data are from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System,

  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data indicate that in 2005, Hillsborough County exceeded the statewide rates for: a) lifetime alcohol and marijuana use; b) past 30-day alcohol and marijuana use, episodic heavy drinking, drinking and marijuana use on school property, driving after drinking, and riding in the car with someone after they had been drinking; and c) selling, being offered, or being given drugs on school property in the past 12 months.

Table Eight. Students Reporting Lifetime Use of Selected Drugs

HillsboroughCounty / Florida Statewide
Drug Type / 2002 / 2004 / 2002 / 2004
Any Alcohol / 57.4% / 59.7% / 56.5% / 57.5%
Cigarettes / 36.7% / 35.6% / 36.2% / 34.0%
Smokeless tobacco use / 10.8% / 12.6% / 10.4% / 9.6%
Marijuana / 25.1% / 25.9% / 23.6% / 23.5%
Any illicit except marijuana / 19.8% / 20.6% / 18.8% / 19.5%
Alcohol or any illicit drug use / 60.8% / 62.5% / 59.7% / 61.1%
Middle school inhalant use / 12.9% / 13.6% / 11.6% / 12.9%

Note. Data obtained from Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey,

  • Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey lifetime drug use data from 2002 and 2004 indicate that:
  • Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among HillsboroughCounty and Florida statewide
  • HillsboroughCounty is higher than Florida statewide on all of the selected drugs.
  • There is a trend for the following drugs to be slightly increasing for both HillsboroughCounty and state: alcohol, smokeless tobacco use, marijuana, and inhalants whereas cigarette use is slightly decreasing.

Table Nine.HillsboroughCountyStudents Reporting Lifetime Use of Selected Drugs

Middle School / High School
Drug Type / 2002 / 2004 / 2002 / 2004
Alcohol / 42.2% / 42.3% / 71.5% / 74.5%
Marijuana / 11.5% / 11.2% / 37.5% / 38. 4%
Inhalants / 13.7% / 15.4% / 12.2% / 11.8%
Ecstasy / 2.8% / 2.0% / 10.2% / 7.5%
Rohypnol / 0.9% / 1.2% / 1.5% / 1.0%
GHB / 2.0% / 0.6% / 1.3% / 1.5%
Ketamine / 0.8% / 0.7% / 1.0% / 1.5%
LSD/PCP / 1.3% / 1.7% / 6.1% / 4.1%
Hallucinogenic mushrooms / 3.8% / 2.1% / 5.7% / 7.4%
Cocaine / 1.5% / 2.5% / 5.6% / 6.6%
Crack cocaine / 1.6% / 2.2% / 2.6% / 2.4%
Methamphetamine / 2.5% / 2.0% / 3.2% / 3.3%
Depressants / 3.8% / 2.6% / 13.0% / 14.1%
Heroin / 0.8% / 1.2% / 1.3% / 0.3%
OxyContin / 1.3% / 1.1% / 1.6% / 4.6%
Other prescr. pain relievers / 4.2% / 4.2% / 10.5% / 11.8%
Steroids w/o prescription / 1.3% / 1.2% / 1.8% / 1.4%
Amphetamines / 2.3% / 2.8% / 5.6% / 7.1%
Any illicit drug / 20.9% / 22.2% / 42.3% / 44.1%

Note. Data obtained from Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey,

  • Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey lifetime drug use data from 2002 and 2004 indicate that:
  • Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among both middle and high school students.
  • For middle school students, inhalants were the second most commonly used drug, followed by marijuana.
  • For high school students, marijuana was the second most commonly used drug, followed by inhalants.

Table Ten. Students Reporting Past 30-Day Use of Selected Drugs

HillsboroughCounty / Florida Statewide
Drug Type / 2002 / 2004 / 2002 / 2004
Any Alcohol / 30.9% / 33.4% / 31.2% / 32.3%
Binge drinking / 15.7% / 16.3% / 16.0% / 16.0%
Cigarettes / 11.3% / 13.4% / 11.4% / 11.4%
Smokeless tobacco use / 4.2% / 4.9% / 3.9% / 3.7%
Marijuana / 12.3% / 12.6% / 12.1% / 11.5%
Any illicit except marijuana / 7.6% / 9.1% / 7.5% / 10.6%
Alcohol or any illicit drug use / 35.1% / 37.6% / 34.8% / 37.1%
Middle school inhalant use / 4.3% / 6.7% / 3.6% / 6.6%

Note. Data obtained from Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey,

  • Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey past month drug use data from 2002 and 2004 indicate that:
  • Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among HillsboroughCounty and Florida statewide
  • There is a trend for the following drugs to be slightly increasing for HillsboroughCounty: alcohol, binge drinking, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco use, marijuana, and inhalants whereas the state has remained fairly stable in regards to binge drinking, cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco.

Table Eleven. HillsboroughCountyStudents Reporting Past 30-Day Use of Selected Drugs

Middle School / High School
Drug Type / 2002 / 2004 / 2002 / 2004
Alcohol / 19.5% / 19.9% / 41.4% / 45.1%
Binge drinking / 8.4% / 8.3% / 22.3% / 22.9%
Marijuana / 6.2% / 4.9% / 18.1% / 19.0%
Inhalants / 4.9% / 6.7% / 3.6% / 2.8%
Ecstasy / 1.6% / 0.7% / 1.9% / 2.1%
Rohypnol / 0.5% / 0.9% / 0.4% / 0.3%
GHB / 1.4% / 0.3% / 0.5% / 0.5%
Ketamine / 0.4% / 0.5% / 0.1% / 0.7%
LSD/PCP / 1.0% / 1.3% / 0.7% / 0.9%
Hallucinogenic mushrooms / 1.5% / 0.9% / 1.5% / 1.3%
Cocaine / 0.8% / 1.4% / 1.5% / 2.4%
Crack cocaine / 0.7% / 0.5% / 0.2% / 1.0%
Methamphetamine / 1.0% / 1.2% / 0.9% / 0.8%
Depressants / 1.3% / 1.3% / 4.2% / 5.8%
Heroin / 0.1% / 0.2% / 0.3% / 0.0%
OxyContin / 0.8% / 0.1% / 0.3% / 0.7%
Other prescr. pain relievers / 2.0% / 2.4% / 3.9% / 4.6%
Steroids w/o prescription / 0.8% / 0.3% / 0.7% / 0.7%
Amphetamines / 1.1% / 0.7% / 1.5% / 2.1%
Any illicit drug / 10.7% / 10.7% / 19.9% / 22.0%

Note. Data obtained from Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey,

  • Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey past month drug use data from 2002 and 2004 indicate that:
  • Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among both middle and high school students.
  • For middle school students, marijuana and inhalants were the drugs most commonly used, following alcohol.
  • For high school students, marijuana was the second most commonly used drug, followed by depressants.

Table Twelve. Mean Age (in years) of First Substance Use among HillsboroughCounty Students

2004
Measure / Middle School / High School / Total
More than a sip or two of alcohol / 11.4 / 13.2 / 12.5
Drinking at least once a month / 12.2 / 14.6 / 14.2
Cigarettes / 11.4 / 12.7 / 12.3
Marijuana / 12.3 / 14.0 / 13.7

Note. Data obtained from Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey

  • Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey drug use data from 2004 indicate that:
  • Middle school students averaged 11.4 years of age for first time use of alcohol and cigarettes.
  • High school students averaged 12.7 years of age for first time use of cigarettes and 13.2 years of age for first time use of alcohol.

Table Thirteen. Percent of HillsboroughCountyStudents Reporting Drug-Related Behavior

Middle School / High School
Drug-Related Behavior / 2002 / 2004 / 2002 / 2004
Selling drugs / 3.7% / 3.9% / 8.3% / 9.6%
Drunk or high at school / 6.8% / 7.1% / 18.8% / 19.2%

Note. Data obtained from Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey,

  • Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey drug-related behavior data indicate that:
  • Middle school students reported a slight increase in selling drugs as well as being drunk or high at school from 2002 – 2004.
  • High school students reported an increase in selling drugs, and a slight increase in being drunk or high at school from 2002 – 2004.

Mortality Data

Table Fourteen. Alcohol-Related Crashes, Injuries, and Fatalities

HillsboroughCounty / PinellasCounty / OrangeCounty
Indicator / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Crashes / 1,939 / 1,986 / 1,976 / 1,560 / 1,631 / 1,610 / 1,052 / 1,193 / 1,287
Injuries / 1,512 / 1,442 / 1,432 / 1,218 / 1,180 / 1,193 / 872 / 1,007 / 990
Fatalities / 79 / 73 / 75 / 51 / 37 / 48 / 64 / 66 / 74

Note. Data obtained from Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,

  • Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle data indicate that there have been a consistent number of alcohol-related crashes, injuries, and fatalities from 2002 – 2004.

Table Fifteen. HillsboroughCountyDrug-Related Deaths by Lethal/Non-Lethal Levels

Lethal Levels / Non-Lethal Levels
Drugs / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Cocaine / 37 / 34 / 52 / 42 / 47 / 56
Methadone / 12 / 17 / 39 / 4 / 11 / 9
Oxycodone / 4 / 16 / 25 / 2 / 8 / 16
Hydrocodone / 12 / 22 / 21 / 17 / 8 / 16
Heroin / 33 / 18 / 14 / 1 / 1 / 0
Morphine / -- / 11 / 11 / -- / 32 / 19
Alprazolam / -- / 8 / 11 / -- / 10 / 9
Diazepam / -- / 9 / 8 / -- / 13 / 10
Propoxyphene / -- / 4 / 6 / -- / 15 / 5

Note. Lethal levels indicate overdoses in which the drug was the cause of death, whereas non-lethal levels indicate

instances in which the drug was merely present.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 2004 Report of Drugs Identified in Deceased Persons by Florida

Medical Examiners, June 2005:

  • Hillsborough County Drug-Related Death data from 2002 and 2004 indicate that:
  • There has been a steady increase in the number of lethal level deaths due to cocaine, methadone, and oxycodone; conversely, there has been a steady decrease in lethal level deaths due to heroin.
  • There has been a steady increase in the number of non-lethal level deaths due to cocaine and oxycodone; conversely, there has been a steady decrease in non-lethal level deaths due to heroin.

Table Sixteen. Community Health Assessment Resource Tool Set (CHARTS), HillsboroughCounty Data

HillsboroughCounty / PinellasCounty / OrangeCounty
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Number of Deaths / 128 / 106 / 101 / 132 / 147 / 156 / 94 / 101 / 84
Percent of Total Deaths / 1.5% / 1.2% / 1.1% / 1.1% / 1.2% / 1.3% / 1.5% / 1.5% / 1.3%
Crude Death Rate per 100,000 / 12.1 / 9.8 / 9.1 / 14.1 / 15.6 / 16.5 / 9.8 / 10.2 / 8.2

Note. Data based on Florida Office of Vital Statistics retrieved from

  • Hillsborough County Community Health Assessment Resource Tool Set data indicatethat, from 2002 to 2004, there has been a decrease in the number and percent of total deaths attributable to chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.

Treatment Data

Table Seventeen. Admission toHillsboroughCountySubstance Abuse Treatment Providers

Fiscal Year2002/2003 / Fiscal Year2003/2004 / Fiscal Year2004/2005
Adults
Residential / 442 / 610 / 924
Non-Residential / 1160 / 953 / 2148
Detox / 1509 / 1574 / 2714
Children
Residential / 56 / 64 / 101
Non-Residential / 399 / 381 / 715
Detox / 426 / 482 / 443

Note. Data obtained from the Florida Department of Children and Families

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