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I. Drug-Control Strategy: An Overview
A Comprehensive, Long-Term Plan
Strategy determines the relationship between goals and available resources. Strategy guides the development of programs to achieve goals efficiently. Strategy sets timetables that can adjust as conditions change. Finally, strategy embodies and expresses will. The National Drug Control Strategy proposes a multi-year conceptual framework to reduce illegal drug use and availability by 50 percent. If this goal is achieved, just 3 percent of the household population aged twelve and over would use illegal drugs. This level would be the lowest recorded drug-use rate in American history. Drug-related health, economic, social, and criminal costs would also be reduced commensurately. The Strategy focuses on prevention, treatment, research, law enforcement, protection of our borders, and international cooperation. It provides general guidance while identifying specific initiatives. This document expresses the collective wisdom and optimism of the American people with regard to illegal drugs.
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