International Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (I-ADAM)

The International Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (I-ADAM) program is a research partnership among criminal justice organizations across the world. Using standardized drug testing methodologies and predictive models that have been perfected in the United States by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program (ADAM), and its predecessor the Drug Use Forecasting program (DUF), I-ADAM is one of the only international drug prevalence measures that articulate the consequences of drug abuse within and across national boundaries.

By identifying similar drug problems across national borders, I-ADAM provides a standard basis for nations to coordinate drug control policies and resources, resulting in improved bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Unlike previous general population household surveys found in some countries, which used different measures of drug use, I-ADAM's survey methodology is specifically designed for multinational comparisons.

I-ADAM has partners in eight countries: Australia, Chile, England, Malaysia, Netherlands, Scotland, South Africa, and Taiwan. All but the Netherlands and Taiwan are currently collecting data.

I-ADAM publications are listed below:

I-ADAM in Eight Countries: Approaches and Challenges (pdf, 194 pages)

Comparing Drug Use Rates of Detained Arrestees in the United States and England (pdf, 66 pages)