NCJ Number
165587
Date Published
February 1997
Length
80 pages
Annotation
The 1997 National Drug Control Strategy outlines the basis of a coherent, rational, long-term national effort to reduce drug use and its consequences.
Abstract
The strategy includes quantifiable effectiveness measures, implements testing and sanctions through coerced abstinence as a way to reduce the level of drug use by offenders under criminal justice supervision, supports the expansion of drug-free workplaces, focuses on foreign and domestic drug sources, and opposes drug legalization. The strategy also presents a profile of drug abuse in the United States, nothing that fewer Americans are using illegal drugs and focusing on trends in juvenile drug use, drug effects, and costs of drug-related crime. Strategic goals and objectives are detailed that concern drug education, drug-related crime and violence, health and social costs of drug use, drug interdiction, and drug supply and demand. Organizational structures and effectiveness measures associated with achieving these goals and objectives are described. A comprehensive approach to drug control is suggested. Endnotes and figures