He has been in drug-treatment programs five times.

Already, she said, drug-treatment programs in the jails have been nearly doubled to accommodate 1,700 inmates.

As in most drug-treatment programs, less than 10 percent of the participants stay until graduation.

"They are also serving as an excellent referral source for getting people into drug-treatment programs."

About 30,000 people on public assistance have been excused from working, he said, because they were participating in drug-treatment programs.

No matter how the problem is resolved it means huge cuts for public hospitals, parks, drug-treatment programs, schools and colleges.

During the same period, admissions to state-funded drug-treatment programs for cocaine use also topped out at about 12,500.

He gives to politicians but also to colleges, hospitals and drug-treatment programs.

They talk about drug-treatment programs, but spend relatively little on them.

State surveys have shown that the city enjoys a generally high usage rate of more than 95 percent in its drug-treatment programs.