NCJ Number
208670
Date Published
February 2005
Length
125 pages
Annotation
This report presents the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Budget for reducing illegal drug use and abuse in the United States.
Abstract
The proposed funding levels support the three key priorities of the National Drug Control Strategy: stopping use before it starts (prevention), healing America's drug users (treatment), and disrupting the market (law-enforcement intervention). The total recommended funding for FY 2006 is $12.4 billion, an increase of $268.4 million (2.2-percent increase) over the FY 2005 enacted level of $12.2 billion. Under the priority of prevention, the FY 2006 budget proposes $25.4 million for student drug testing programs, which include assessment, referral, and intervention for those who test positive. This is a $15.4-million increase from last fiscal year. Also under the prevention priority there will be an $87.5-million increase in grants to support the implementation of drug prevention or school safety programs, policies, and strategies that have been proven effective through research. For the treatment priority, the FY 2006 budget proposes $150 million ($50.8-million increase) for the Access to Recovery Program, a voucher program for treatment; a $5.8-million increase for screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment through various medical settings; and $70.1 million for drug court programs ($30.6-million increase). Funds for law enforcement intervention to disrupt drug markets includes a $22.6-million increase to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for disrupting or dismantling drug trafficking and money laundering; a $22-million increase for DEA Central/Southwest Asian operations; a $14.5-million increase for Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces' (OCDETF's) Fusion Center Initiative; and a $50-million increase for OCDETF from the FBI's direct drug budget to target major drug trafficking organizations and their financial infrastructure. Other funding increases are proposed for 41 new attorney positions with the OCDETF ($5.9-million increase); the State Department's Andean Counterdrug Initiative ($734.5 million total allocation); and the State Department's counternarcotics programs in Afghanistan ($166.2-million increase). Extensive data tables