National Drug Control Strategy

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, National Drug Control Strategy, Feb. 2006. 

Drug Availability Steering Committee, Drug Availability Estimates in the United States, December 2002 and Office on National Drug Control Policy, National Drug Control Strategy, Feb. 2003-... 

U.S. Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center, Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2007, Oct. 2006 and ONDCP, National Drug Control Strategy, Feb. 2007. 

A super lab is defined by the US authorities as a clandestine laboratory which can produce more than 10 pounds (i.e. more than 5 kg) of methamphetamine over a production cycle (ONDPC, 2007 National Drug Control Strategy, Feb. 2007). 

Finally, the Office of National Drug Control Policy has as its tasks the coordination of federal, state, and local drug control efforts, as well as the formulation of a comprehensive National Drug Control Strategy, which is outlined in an annual report. 

National Drug Control Strategy FY 2003 Budget Summary. Washington, D.C. The White House, 2002. 

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