NCJ Number
235713
Date Published
2011
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This 2011 update of the National Drug Control Strategy ("the Strategy") builds upon the inaugural strategy presented under the Obama administration in 2010, which advances a comprehensive approach for combating the public health and safety consequences posed by illegal drug use.
Abstract
The 5-year plan proposed by the 2011 Strategy intends to cut drug use among youth by 15 percent, drug-induced deaths and drug-related morbidity by 15 percent, and drugged driving by 10 percent. In order to achieve these goals, the Strategy focuses on seven core areas. First, it will strengthen efforts to prevent drug use in communities throughout the Nation. Second, it will promote early intervention in the context of health care. Third, it will integrate treatment for substance-use disorders into health-care regimens that support recovery. Fourth, it will concentrate on breaking the cycle of drug use, crime, delinquency, and incarceration. Fifth, it will engage in tactics designed to disrupt domestic drug trafficking and production. Sixth, it will promote the strengthening of international partnerships designed to counter drug production and trafficking. Seventh, it will improve information systems to enhance the analysis, assessment, and local application of data on drug use and its consequences. Since illicit drug use disproportionately affects certain segments of society, the 2011 Strategy intensifies the focus on populations with unique challenges and needs related to substance abuse issues, i.e., active-duty military and veterans, women and their families, college and university students, and those in the criminal justice system.