PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-684 (I) the quantities of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, and other drugs available for consumption in the United States; (II) the amount of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and precursor chemicals entering the United States; (III) the number of hectares of marijuana, poppy, and coca cultivated and destroyed domestically and in other countries; (IV) the number of metric tons of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine seized; (V) the number of cocaine and methamphetamine processing laboratories destroyed domestically and in other countries; (VI) changes in the price and purity of heroin and cocaine, changes in the price of methamphetamine, and changes in tetrahydrocannabinol level of marijuana; (VII) the amount and type of controlled substances diverted from legitimate retail and wholesale sources; and (VIII) the effectiveness of Federal technology programs at improving drug detection capabilities in interdiction, and at United States ports of entry; (iii) an assessment of the reduction of the consequences of drug use and availability, which shall include estimation of— (I) the burden drug users placed on hospital emergency departments in the United States, such as the quantity of drug-related services provided; (II) the annual national health care costs of drug use, including costs associated with people becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and other infectious diseases as a result of drug use; (III) the extent of drug-related crime and criminal activity; and (IV) the contribution of drugs to the underground economy, as measured by the retail value of drugs sold in the United States; (iv) a determination of the status of drug treatment in the United States, by assessing— (I) public and private treatment capacity within each State, including information on the treatment capacity available in relation to the capacity actually used; (II) the extent, within each State, to which treatment is available; (III) the number of drug users the Director estimates could benefit from treatment; and (IV) the specific factors that restrict the availability of treatment services to those seeking it and proposed administrative or legislative remedies to make treatment available to those individuals; and
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