National Drug Policy , South

Department of Health (1996) National Drug Policy for South Africa. Available from http //apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jsl7744en/ [accessed 30 April 2015]. 

The Office of National Drug Control Policy s (ONDCP) study of 21 major metropolitan areas in the United States revealed that the most likely user of heroin is over 30 years old. However, younger adults (18-30) comprise a substantial portion of those believed to be experimenting with heroin use. In the South, younger adults are more likely than adults over 30 to be regular users of the drug. 

On February 29,1996, retired Army general Barry McCaffrey was sworn in as President Clinton s new director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and was given the responsibility for overseeing counter-drug operations in Central and South American countries. Between 80 and 90% of the cocaine consumed in the United States at the time was either produced and/or distributed in Columbia, as well as some 60% of the heroin. His efforts have been only partly successful. 

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