Profile of Drug Indicators for Hillsborough County 2004



Profile of Alcohol and Drug Indicators for Hillsborough County

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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 South Florida

Alcohol Outlet Indicators

Table One. Number of Hillsborough County 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).

Criminal Justice Indicators

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

| |Hillsborough County |Pinellas County |Orange County |

|Indicator |2002 |2003 |2004 |

| 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:

o There has been an increase in both the number of drug/narcotic arrests (33%) and liquor law violations (42%).

o 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.

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 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.

General Population Surveys: Adult Prevalence Rates

Table Five. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data

| |Hillsborough County |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|6.5% |4.8% |6.4% |5.4% |

|daily) | | | | |

|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 National Center for Disease Control’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System



• 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|43.4% |39.7% |46.4% |45.6% |

|Once or Twice a Week | | | | |

|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

| |Hillsborough County |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

| |Hillsborough County |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:

o Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among Hillsborough County and Florida statewide

o Hillsborough County is higher than Florida statewide on all of the selected drugs.

o There is a trend for the following drugs to be slightly increasing for both Hillsborough County and state: alcohol, smokeless tobacco use, marijuana, and inhalants whereas cigarette use is slightly decreasing.

Table Nine. Hillsborough County Students 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:

o Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among both middle and high school students.

o For middle school students, inhalants were the second most commonly used drug, followed by marijuana.

o 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

| |Hillsborough County |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:

o Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among Hillsborough County and Florida statewide

o There is a trend for the following drugs to be slightly increasing for Hillsborough County: 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. Hillsborough County Students 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:

o Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among both middle and high school students.

o For middle school students, marijuana and inhalants were the drugs most commonly used, following alcohol.

o 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 Hillsborough County 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:

o Middle school students averaged 11.4 years of age for first time use of alcohol and cigarettes.

o 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 Hillsborough County Students 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:

o Middle school students reported a slight increase in selling drugs as well as being drunk or high at school from 2002 – 2004.

o 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

| |Hillsborough County |Pinellas County |Orange County |

|Indicator |2002 |2003 |

|Drugs |2002 |2003 |2004 |2002 |2003 |2004 |

|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:

o 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.

o 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), Hillsborough County Data

| |Hillsborough County |Pinellas County |Orange County |

|Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis |2002 |2003 |2004 |

|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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