NCJ Number
117165
Date Published
1988
Length
48 pages
Annotation
This document summarizes the provisions of the Federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, which focuses on efforts to combat drug trafficking as well as the provision of treatment and prevention programs.
Abstract
Individual sections address the coordination of national drug policy, treatment and prevention programs, drug abuse education, international narcotics control, and penalties for drug law offenders. Topics also include the prevention of drug abuse in public housing, efforts to establish drugfree workplaces, asset forfeiture for convicted drug offenders, prosecution for money laundering, opposition to drug legalization, death penalty for certain homicides related to drug offenses, mandatory drug testing for probationers, and child pornography. The funding for each provision of the law is also listed.