Fact Sheet

To download a detailed 4-page overview of UNITE’s initiatives and current statistics click here Pdf icon. (Updated 1-14-11)

Law Enforcement

Individuals arrested 3,588
Conviction rate 96.7 percent
Search warrants executed 905
Methamphetamine labs dismantled 210
Cases adopted for federal prosecution 157
Street value of drugs removed or seized $9,427,123
Pills removed 99,907
Methamphetamine removed 11.78 pounds
Cocaine removed 23.32 pounds
Processed marijuana removed 464.69 pounds
Marijuana plants destroyed 4,802
Pills destroyed by “Pill Dragon” (through 12-21-10) 255,762
 

UNITE Treatment Voucher Program

Individuals entering a treatment program 2,104
Individuals completing a treatment program 1,323
Individuals currently in or awaiting to enter a treatment program 131
Value of treatment vouchers provided to low-income individuals $6.1 million
 

Drug Court Program

Individuals participating in a Drug Court program 2,944
Individuals graduating from a Drug Court program 1,096
Individuals currently active in a Drug Court program 582
Individuals completing their education plan while in Drug Court 201
Drug-free babies born to Drug Court participants 182
Fines, restitution, court costs and child support collected from Drug Court participants $837,086
 

UNITE Community Coalitions

Funding provided to community coalitions (through January 14, 2011) $3,145,701
Participants in Declare Hope town hall meetings, workshops and regional summits 1,140
Participants in continuing education or training programs, workshops and conferences 7,929
 

Youth and Education Activities

Youth participating in UNITE-sponsored activities. (Does not include coalition-sponsored programs) 63,944
Students participating in the UNITE Youth Leadership Program trainings (2010) 880 students
Participants in the 2009 “Piercing the Darkness of Drugs” Youth Summit 7,100 students and 590 adults representing 140 schools in 29 counties
Student members of school anti-drug UNITE Clubs (2005-10) – for current year click here 24,464 at 188 schools in 36 counties
UNITE Service Corps members 2010-11 school year 24 full-time and 9 part-time serving 37 schools in 11 counties
UNITE substance abuse counselors 2010-11 school year 17 serving 23 counties
Participants in Camp UNITE (2007-10) 717
Participants in Jonathan Creek camps (2009-10) 47
Participants in 33 regional Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps (2006-10) 4,307
Youth participants in a Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs program (2005-09) 8,159
Youth participants in the Tackling Drugs football skills camp (2009) 65
National Archery in the Schools Programs (NASP) funded by UNITE (2008-10) 58 in 23 counties