NCJ Number
146138
Date Published
1993
Length
29 pages
Annotation
The U.S. Bureau of the Census surveyed State and local government units for their drug-related spending in fiscal years 1990 and 1991 to determine the extent of such spending and its functional allocation.
Abstract
Survey responses show that State and local governments are more than equal partners in the drug-control effort. They spent $15.9 billion on drug-control activities in fiscal year 1991, or about 1.5 cents of every dollar they spent. The Federal Government spent $11 billion in fiscal year 1991. Seventy-nine percent of State and local government drug-control spending was for criminal justice activities. Education and rehabilitation receive the remaining 21 percent. The largest share of drug-control spending was for correctional services, constituting $6.8 billion in fiscal year 1991. This was 43 percent of all drug-control spending. Approximately 12 percent of police spending was for some aspect of drug control. Nationally, 1.5 percent of all State and local government spending was for drug-control activities during fiscal year 1991. 13 tables