Coloradoans in the Juvenile & Criminal Justice Systems

• Adult offenders reported 8 times more marijuana is, 25 times more cocaine use, 20 times more stimulant use, and 19 times more heroin use than the general population
• 85% of the children & adolescents committed to juvenile corrections are in need of alcokhol/drug treatment
• 41.5% of adult female offenders are diagnostic alcohol/drug abusive or dependent-about the same as the adult male offender population
• 21.7% of juvenile female offenders and 12% of male juvenile offenders are diagnosed alcohol or drug abusive or dependent