The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program is a National Institute for Justice-funded research program designed to conduct interviews on substance abuse among the arrested population detained by the Honolulu Police Department. The Honolulu ADAM Program site is currently housed in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Since the Honolulu ADAM Program started in 2000, the program has interviewed approximately 2,016 arrestees detained in Honolulu Police Department detention facilities. Data collection is conducted for two weeks each calendar quarter. Self-reported drug use is verified by a voluntary urine ten-drug toxicology screen. The data are primarily used to track trends in drug use over time and allows for comparison to 37 other ADAM sites across the nation. Although survey participation is voluntary, typically more than 80 percent of arrestees approached agree to participate.

The graph below shows trends in the percentages of arrestees testing positive since data collection began. Most notably, there has been a continuing upward trend in the use of methamphetamine ("Ice"). The levels of Ice use have consistently been higher in Honolulu than in any other ADAM site nationwide. The sudden drop in substance use in the third quarter of 2001 is likely linked to events following the September 11th terrorist attacks.

In 2002, an average of 62.4 percent of all male arrestees tested positive for "any" drug (excluding alcohol). The ADAM Program started testing for alcohol in the first quarter of 2003 (represented by a single point on the graph above). 

For more specific historic information on the data collected by the ADAM program, please refer to the most recent reports listed below. The next report, summarizing data collection activities in 2002, is anticipated to be released in July 2003.

ADAM-Honolulu reports, articles:

• Powerpoint presentation from the Oct. 2003 Community Epidemiology Workgroup Meeting, Honolulu. (1.2Mb download, may take a while over dial-up connection)

• "Poverty-stricken Hawaiians in grip of 'ice' addiction"
  - London (England) Observer newspaper article, June 15, 2003

• "Ice use rising among arrestees"
  - Honolulu Advertiser newspaper front page article, June 6, 2003
• "Honolulu tops 'ice' study"
  - Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper front page article, June 6, 2003

• Preliminary Data on Drug Use & Related Matters Among Adult Arrestee, 2002
  - (pdf file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Honolulu ADAM Program Preliminary 2001 Report
  - Andrew Ovenden

• Preliminary Data on Drug Use & Related Matters Among Adult Arrestees: January through September 2001.
  - (Excel file) No Author
• "City tops in arrestees on Ice"
  - Honolulu Advertiser newspaper article, June 13, 2002
• "Arrested males on 'Ice' top 35%"
  - Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper article, June 12, 2002

Other ADAM Program and Related Websites:

• ADAM National Program home page
• Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG)

Other related links:

• National Drug Intelligence Center
  • Hawai'i Drug Threat Assessment
  • NDIC home page
• Drug Enforcement Agency
  • Methamphetamine Situation in the United States
• State of Hawai'i, Office of the Attorney General, Crime Prevention & Justice Assistance (CPJA) Division
  • CPJA home page
  • Research and Statistics Branch
• State of Hawai'i Dept. of Health, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Division
  • ADAD home page
  • DOH-funded substance abuse surveys.

Acknowledgments

The Honolulu ADAM Program wishes to thank the staff and officers of the Honolulu Police Department, particularly the officers of the Central Receiving Division for all their assistance and teamwork in the data collection process. Specifically, we would like to thank the following individuals for their kokua: Honolulu Police Chief, Lee D. Donohue; Major Henry Robinson and the officers of the HPD Central Receiving Division; Major Jeffrey Owens (ret.); Patrick Chau and the staff of the HPD Information and Technology Division; Earline Yokoi, the Department of the State Attorney General; and all the present and former ADAM interviewers.

Links to ADAM - Honolulu staff web pages:

• Andrew Ovenden (requires password)

 

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