II. Executive Summary
Spending by Strategy Goal
Funding by Strategy goal is summarized in Figure 2 and the accompanying table. Over the five-year planning period, funding priorities include resources to reduce drug use by young people (Goal 1), make treatment available to chronic users (Goal 3), significantly stop the flow of drugs at our borders (Goal 4), and target sources of illegal drugs and crime associated with criminal enterprises (Goals 2 and 5). By FY 2003, funding for Goal 1 will be $2.0 billion, an increase of 14 percent over FY 1998 and nearly $4 billion for Goal 3, an increase of 14 percent. Further, multi-agency efforts, which target ports-of-entry and the southwest border, will expand funding for Goal 4 to $1.7 billion by FY 2003, an increase of 11 percent. Funding for Goal 2 will be $6.6 billion, by FY 2003. Resources devoted to Goal 5 will reach $2.9 billion, by FY 2003, an increase of 10 percent.
