NCJ Number
153765
Date Published
Unknown
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This report outlines the Clinton Administration's strategy for addressing the drug problem and presents charts on a statistical analysis of the problem.
Abstract
The 1994 National Drug Control Strategy has five components. One component involves the treatment of hardcore users; specific objectives are to treat an additional 140,000 hardcore users next year and to target users inside and outside the criminal justice system. A second component will provide education and prevention programs for America's youth. Efforts in this area include the enactment of a Drug-Free Schools Act and prevention research. The third component is community action and law enforcement. This component will focus on high-intensity drug trafficking areas and community policing. A fourth component involves supply reduction in source countries, which will consist of democracy and institution building and the controlled shift from transit zones. The final component is support for vital presidential initiatives, which include the Health Security Act, Education 2000, a crime bill, and empowerment zones and enterprise communities. Charts provide data on the number of people using various drugs, the number of casual drug users, the number of hardcore users, juvenile drug use, consumption by hardcore users, consumer spending by drug, estimated economic costs of drug abuse, and the number of Federal prisoners who are drug offenders.