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National Drug Control Strategy, 1990

NCJ Number
121637
Date Published
1990
Length
142 pages
Annotation
This report details the activities and responsibilities of Federal departments and agencies in carrying out the Bush Administration's plans for addressing the problems of illicit drug trafficking and consumption and lists the specific initiatives and funding needed in the 1990 fiscal year.
Abstract
The report is a companion volume to the National Drug Control Strategy sent by the Bush Administration to Congress in September 1989. The strategy rests on the view that prevention and treatment require the support of drug enforcement activities to make drugs expensive and difficult to obtain and to deter their use. Thus, it includes activities by criminal justice systems; drug treatment programs; prevention activities in schools, businesses, and communities; international efforts aimed at the drug-producing countries; interdiction strategies to thwart smuggling; and intelligence and research. The endeavors require extensive efforts by State and local governments and will receive grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance totaling $492 million for law enforcement activities. Grants will also be awarded to selected communities through the Department of Health and Human Services. Support for treatment, including treatment in jails and prisons, will also increase. Figures and appended quantified objectives, discussion of information management, and lists of information sources are included.