NCJ Number
145475
Date Published
1992
Length
119 pages
Annotation
In hearings before the United States House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, representatives of the five areas designated as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas testified about their experiences with the program.
Abstract
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 authorized the classification of any area of the United States as a high-intensity drug trafficking area. The purpose of this law was to identify areas experiencing the most serious drug trafficking problems so that Federal resources could be directed there. Since the program was created, nearly $200 million in Federal assistance has been appropriated for it. When the program was up for reauthorization in 1993, the United States House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control held hearings to determine how well the program was working and how it could be improved. Testifying before the committee were Lowell Dodge, Director of Administration of Justice Issues, Government Division, United States General Accounting Office; Robert Martinez, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; Lee Brown, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department; Commander Michael Scott of the Narcotics Service, Texas Department of Public Safety; and Commander Robert Ripley, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Statements were also submitted for the record by representatives from Broward County, Florida; and Houston, Texas.