Feds: Most Indianapolis men arrested were on drugs

INDIANAPOLIS — A new federal report has found that more than two-thirds of Indianapolis men arrested last year were under the influence of at least one illegal drug.

Wednesday's National Drug Control Policy report shows that 69 percent of Indianapolis men arrested in 2010 tested positive for at least one drug at the time of their arrest. Among those men, 25 percent tested positive for two or more drugs.

White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske (kur-lih-KOW'-skee) says the findings show that "drug addiction is too often the root of crime" and illustrate the importance of the Obama administration's efforts to send non-violent drug offenders into treatment rather than jail.

He says those and other strategies aim to break "the vicious cycle of drug use and crime."