NCJ Number
192260
Date Published
February 2002
Length
119 pages
Annotation
This 2002 National Drug Control Strategy includes 2-year and 5-year goals of the strategy, along with descriptions of the three-pronged drug strategy designed to achieve these goals.
Abstract
The 2-year goals of the strategy are a 10-percent reduction in current use of illegal drugs by the 12-17 age group and a 10-percent reduction in current use of illegal drugs by adults age 18 and older. Five-year goals are a 25-percent reduction in current use of illegal drugs by the 12-17 age group and a 25-percent reduction in current use of illegal drugs by adults age 18 and older. The three-pronged strategy for achieving these goals are prevention through education and community action, providing treatment resources where they are needed, and attacking the economic basis of the drug trade by disrupting the illegal drug market. The prevention effort is based in the belief that drug use will abate only when parents, teachers, religious and civic leaders, and employers join together to reaffirm the principles of personal responsibility. Project Star is profiled as an effective education program; it is a broad-based prevention program that teaches youth social skills and techniques for resisting drug use, even in the face of peer pressure. An example of a community coalition that has helped prevent drug use among youth in Vallejo, California, is also described. Federal 2002 budget amounts are outlined for four education and prevention programs. In profiling the drug treatment efforts of the strategy, information is provided on Operation PAR (Parental Awareness and Responsibility), which is serving five Florida counties. Other information is provided on key findings about drug treatment, helping families help themselves, and rallying faith-based organizations. Federal budget allocations for various treatment programs are presented. In attempting to disrupt the illicit drug market, the 2002 Federal budget allocations have targeted border control and enforcement, Southwest Border drug prosecutions, and Andean counterdrug efforts. Appended national drug control budget summary, the restructuring of the national drug control budget, and drug-related data