Three out of four people who left Philadelphia’s drug-
treatment court in 2018 were primarily marijuana users. Critics say that diverts resources from those who need treatment most. In other Pennsylvania drug courts, heroin and opioid users are in the majority.
0%
Methamphetamine
5%
0%
Alcohol
13%
Phila. drug court
Drug courts elsewhere in Pa.
18%
Heroin/Opioids
60%
75%
Marijuana
11%
7%
Other
11%
SOURCE: Administrative Office of the Pa. Courts, 2018 data
Staff Graphic
Three out of four people who left Philadelphia’s drug-treatment court in 2018 were primarily marijuana users. Critics say that diverts resources from those who need treatment most. In other Pennsylvania drug courts, heroin and opioid users are in the majority.
Philadelphia
drug court
Drug courts
elsewhere in Pa.
0%
Methamphetamine
5%
0%
Alcohol
13%
18%
Heroin/Opioids
60%
75%
Marijuana
11%
7%
Other
11%
SOURCE: Administrative Office of the Pa. Courts, 2018 data
Staff Graphic
