BY THE NUMBERS

Citizen Special

5,000: Estimated number of crack addicts in the Ottawa
region.

82: Percentage of all entrants into the Ottawa Drug Treatment Court
(DTC) whose addiction is to crack cocaine.

79: Percentage of those who used crack daily.

5 to 10: Approximate number of dollars for one hit of
crack.

3,630: Number of addicts who have obtained stems (pipes) and other
harm-reducing equipment from community health centres at Sandy Hill
and Somerset West since July 2007.

2,500: Number of pipes handed out during 2009.

500,000: Number of sterile needle syringes handed out last year by
Ottawa Public Health.

676,000: Number of used needles returned in 2009.

311: Number to call for the City's Needle Response Team if you find a
needle.

1: The maximum number of hours it takes the team to retrieve a
needle.

450: Average number of dollars DTC crack users spent on crack each
day.

1,516,703: Approximate Ottawa street value in dollars of drugs bought
by Drug Treatment Court clients before entering the DTC program.

15,403: Approximate number of dollars they spent on drugs while in the
program.

1,230,000: Annual cost in dollars of the Drug Treatment
Court.

34,319: Number of crack pipes distributed throughout Ottawa in 2009 by
Somerset West and Sandy Hill Community Health Centres.

37: Approximate percentage of addicts who are female.

39: Average age of female addicts.

13.5: Average number of years they have been using drugs: 631: Number
of cocaine-related offences in Ottawa in 2008, the latest year for
which statistics are available.

Sources: Somerset West and Sandy Hill Community Health Care Centres; Ottawa
Drug Treatment Court; Ottawa Police.