Statement of Josheph E Digenova, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Before the Senate Subcommittee on the District of Columbia Concerning Interstate Drug Trafficking in the District of Columbia on May 8, 1985

• NCJ Number: 98244
• Author(s): J E Digenova
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 27 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The statement of Joseph E. DiGenova, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee discusses narcotics trafficking in the District of Columbia and enforcement mechanisms and interagency agreements in attempts to combat the problem.

Abstract

In the District of Columbia, from January 1984 to December 1984, the Medical Examiner's Office reported a total of 140 heroin-related overdoses. Education is essential to create awareness of the enormous costs that illicit drug use inflicts upon society both in terms of real monetary losses, and human costs. The aim of the Law Enforcement Coordinating Commitees is to create a network covering the entire Nation focusing on the destruction of the major drug trafficking rings. The National Narcotics Border Interdiction System has been designed to intercept drugs along the entire U.S. border. In addition, in the District of Columbia, defendants who manufacture, distribute or dispense narcotics are prosecuted under 33 D.C. Code, Section 541 (a)(1) or (b)(1) requiring the imposition of mandatory minimum sentences for particular violations of the Uniformed Controlled Substances Act. Further support for the Task Force operations to combat narcotics trafficking is recommended. Recommendations are made to implement the new investigative and prosecutive tools provided in the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984.