NCJ Number
144763
Date Published
1991
Length
168 pages
Annotation
Hawaii's Drug Prevention and Control Strategy has four primary objectives: (1) prevent and reduce the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs; (2) reduce the supply of illegal drugs and protect the community from crime and violence; (3) enhance intrastate coordination of drug prevention services and programs; and (4) improve data collection and reporting mechanisms.
Abstract
The strategy is based on the widespread availability and use of illegal drugs in Hawaii and the adverse impact of drugs in the State. The strategy focuses on governmental coordination of drug control efforts, prevention and education, treatment and rehabilitation, and the criminal justice system. The nature and extent of the alcohol and drug abuse problem in Hawaii are reviewed, along with current efforts in prevention, education, and treatment. Specific recommendations are offered to implement Hawaii's Drug Prevention and Control Strategy that focus on public awareness, school-based education, workplace initiatives, community involvement, health insurance coverage, drug- exposed infants and their families, mentally ill substance abusers, intravenous drug users, juveniles, inmates, parolees, uniform reporting of substance abuse data, youth services, drug treatment, drug-related deaths, emergency room admissions, drug offenders, drugs and domestic violence, and appropriate criminal justice system responses to the drug problem. References, tables, and figures