Arrestees’ Drug Use Trajectories: Using the ADAM Drug Use Calendar to Model Patterns of Illicit Drug Use

Myrstol, Brad A. (27 May 2010). "Arrestees’ Drug Use Trajectories: Using the ADAM Drug Use Calendar to Model Patterns of Illicit Drug Use" (Powerpoint slide presentation). Slide presentation presented to the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Summary: The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program was a multi-site data collection network and data processing and dissemination program administered by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice from 1998 to 2003. ADAM sites collected data using standardized procedures, including anonymous interviews conducted by trained interviewers using a detailed questionnaire. The questionnaire included a event history calendar used to elicit information on arrestees' drug and alcohol during the 12 months preceding arrest. Using the example of adult male crack cocaine users interviewed at 35 ADAM sites in 2000, this presentation focuses on the potential of event history calendar methodology to provide unique and theoretically significant contributions to our present knowledge about the complex relationship between illicit drug use and criminal offending.