National Drug Control

Between 1988 and 1995, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) estimates that Americans spent 57.3 billion on drugs for nonmedical purposes. 

Office of National Drug Control Policy. (2001). The economic costs of drug abuse in the United States, 1992-1998 (Publication No. NCJ-190636). Washington, DC Executive Office of the President. 

Currently, drug trafficking is a 400-billion-per-year industry in our country and represents 8% of the world s trade. According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Americans currently spend 46— 79 billion annually on just two (of many possible) psychoactive drugs cocaine and heroin (Kari Associates, 2004). The Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999) indicates that between 60% and 83 % of the nation s correctional population have used drugs at some point in their lives, roughly twice as many as others in the U.S. population. 

Fact Sheet Methamphetamine. Rockville, Md. Office of National Drug Control Policy Information Clearinghouse, May 1999. 

M. Wdhams, J.M. Johnston, L.P. Waggoner, M. Cicoria, S.F. HaUoweU, andJ.A. Petrousky, Canine Substance Detection Operational capabilities . Presented at the Office of National Drug Control Policy Technology Symposium, 1999. 

The National Drug Control Strategy focuses government resources to help Americans make the right decisions — for... 

Just as our best scientists have been working for decades to find a cure for cancer, the cancer of drugs is now an illness in need of a medical cure. This line of thinking was made explicit in the 2001 National Drug Control Strategy report, which reported [j)]ust like other chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cancer, for which medications have been developed, drug addiction is a disease that merits medication for its treatment. " ... 

The 2003 National Drug Control Strategy report adds that in addition to confrontations by family members and law enforcement officers, drug users may well require the use of innovative techniques for fighting addiction, such as specialized pharmaceuticals. ... 

As discussed earlier, the 2002 National Drug Control Strategy report coined the term compassionate coercion and promoted it as a key element for success. The White House press release announcing the report explained that in addition to pressure from family, friends, employers, and the community, [(c)]ompassionate coercion also uses the criminal justice system to get people into treatment. " ... 

Drug Control Strategy An Overview. In The National Drug Control Strategy 1997. The White House, http //www.ncjrs.org/him/chapier1.himtoverview... 

Healing America s Drug Users Getting Treatment Resources Where They Are Needed. In The National Drug Control Strategy 2003. op.cit... 

The President s National Drug Control Strategy Press Release. (2002, February 12). Office of the White House Press Secretary. Retrieved April 8, 2004 from http //www.whitehouse.gov/news/reieases/2002/02/ 20020212-2.html... 

Office of National Drug Control Policy, Juveniles and Drugs. http // www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ drugfact/juveniles/index.html. 

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