NCJ Number
185694
Date Published
2001
Length
177 pages
Annotation
This document summarizes the major activities of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) under its two directors, Dr. Lee Brown and General Barry McCaffrey, during the two terms of the Clinton-Gore administration.
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to inform scholars about primary source materials that describe the ONDCP's efforts to discharge the congressional mandate of coordinating all aspects of the national drug control strategy. The report chronicles the major initiatives, decisions, achievements, and challenges that occurred in Federal drug prevention, treatment, law enforcement, interdiction, and international programs over the past 8 years. Among the ONDCP's accomplishments over the past 8 years has been the establishing of a consensus that a comprehensive response is needed in terms of prevention, treatment, law enforcement, interdiction, and international cooperation. The agency has seen a reverse in the trend of increasing adolescent drug use, beginning in 1992, and it has assisted in reducing the social stigma associated with drug treatment. It has promoted the expansion of alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent drug-law offenders. Further, the ONDCP has broadened cooperation with key drug transit and source countries such as Colombia, Mexico, and Thailand; and it has developed multilateral and regional anti-drug strategies in conjunction with other nations and international organizations. In addition, the agency has helped ensure the accountability of Federal drug-control programs through a rigorous system of performance measures of effectiveness. Fifteen appendixes provide data, documents, and information pertinent to the work of the ONDCP.