Chapter II.
Demand Reduction Goals, Objectives and Target Measurement
F. Federal Government Commitment to Demand Reduction
Many of the approximately fifty federal agencies involved in the drug control effort are engaged in demand reduction programs. These include
- The Department of Health and Human Services
- The Department of Transportation
- The Department of Justice
- The Department of the Treasury
- The Department of Education
- The Department of Labor
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development
- The Department of Veterans Affairs
- The Department of the Interior
- The Department of Defense
and numerous sub-cabinet agencies, such as The Small Business Administration.
The President's FY 1999 budget sought $5.9 billion for demand reduction programs and related research, the largest percentage increase in the drug budget. Since 1986, support for demand reduction has increased nearly seven-fold. As a percentage of the overall federal drug budget, demand reduction has increased from 30 percent in 1986 to 34 percent in FY 1999.
Included are federal resources targeted to state and local governments and private organizations that provide demand reduction and supply reduction programs in our nation's communities. Approximately one-quarter of the federal government's drug control resources are for grants-in-aid or other forms of assistance to state and local governments and private entities, where they complement local resources for drug control programming.
