NCJ Number
180143
Date Published
May 2000
Length
224 pages
Annotation
This report presents a systematic assessment of the effectiveness of the National Drug Control Strategy, based on 97 performance targets established by the Performance Measures of Effectiveness (PME) System launched in February 1998 by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and required by a Federal law enacted in October 1998.
Abstract
Twelve of the performance targets indicate the impact of national drug-control activities on the strategy’s 5 overarching goals; the other 85 performance targets measure progress toward the strategy’s 31 supporting objectives. These targets represent desired end-states for the years 2002 and 2007. The report assesses progress for most targets against the baseline year of 1996; but progress has been uneven. Encouraging progress has occurred with respect to youth drug use and youth attitudes about the dangers of drug use. In addition, estimates of cocaine flow suggest progress in reducing the rate at which drugs successfully leave source, transit, and arrival zones. Other areas of progress include the declining cultivation of Bolivian and Peruvian coca and reductions in rates of crime and violence. Further activities to achieve the strategy’s goals will include continuing organization of communities of stakeholders, seeking of resources to fill existing data gaps in the PME system, and efforts to link budgets to results. Figures and appended details on the strategy, progress toward achieving goals, and related information