NCJ Number
159611
Date Published
1990
Length
39 pages
Annotation
This report presents information on 62 crime laboratories in 14 States that received formula grants for drug enforcement programs under the Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988.
Abstract
The report covers laboratory type, size, personnel composition, and expenditures; types of law enforcement agencies submitting suspected controlled substances for analysis; types of drugs identified; and average turnaround time for analysis completion. The report found that crime laboratories received approximately 320,000 requests for analysis of suspected controlled substances in 1988; 55 percent of these requests were made by municipal agencies. Laboratories analyzed 566,734 suspected controlled substances in 1988; 49 percent of the substances identified were marijuana and 29 percent were cocaine. Average turnaround time for completion of a drug analysis was less than 2 weeks for more than 50 percent of the laboratories. In 1988, the laboratories spent more than $18 million, more than $2 million of which went toward the purchase of analysis equipment. 2 figures, 9 tables, 6 references, and 2 appendixes