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The
President’s National Drug Control Strategy:
President
Bush outlines plan to reduce America’s drug use
President
George W. Bush unveils his new National Drug Control Strategy, which sets clear
and specific national goals for reducing drug use in America to save thousands
of young lives. The President’s National Drug Control Strategy is based on
three core principles:
- Stopping
drug use before it starts
- Healing
America’s drug users
- Disrupting
the illegal drug market
The
National Drug Control Strategy seeks to reduce use of illegal drugs by 10
percent over 2 years, and 25 percent over 5 years. These goals apply both to
drug use among young Americans (12-17 years old) and among adults.
The
National Drug Control Strategy:
Drug use
among young people has stabilized but still remains close to all-time highs. One
out of every two teenagers has tried an illegal drug by 12th grade, according to
the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future Survey. Twenty-six percent
of 8th graders reported having tried illegal drugs. Unfortunately, too many
Americans who are dependent on drugs are not receiving the treatment they need.
President Bush believes the time has come to re-energize the national movement against illegal drugs. The President’s National Drug Control Strategy argues we can make up lost ground in the fight against drugs by applying the lessons of our recent history - emphasizing a balance between supply and demand reduction efforts.
Stopping
Drug Use Before It Starts: Every American can play an important role in the fight against illegal
drugs through education and community action. In homes, schools, places of
worship, the workplace, and civic and social organizations, Americans must set
norms that reaffirm the values of responsibility and good citizenship while
dismissing the notion that drug use is consistent with individual freedom. The
National Drug Control Strategy ties national leadership with community-level
action to help recreate the formula that helped America succeed against drugs in
the past. The President’s budget backs up this goal with a $10 million
increase in funding for the expanded Drug-Free Communities Support Program,
along with providing $5 million for a new Parents Drug Corps.
Healing
America’s Drug Users:
The vast majority of the millions of people who need drug treatment are in
denial about their addiction. Getting people into treatment- including programs
that call upon the power of faith-will require us to create a new climate of
"compassionate coercion," which begins with family, friends, employers
and the community. Compassionate coercion also uses the criminal justice system
to get people into treatment. Americans must begin to confront drug use-and
therefore drug users-honestly and directly. We must encourage those in need to
enter and remain in drug treatment. The President’s National Drug Control
Strategy envisions making drug treatment available to many more Americans who
need it.
Overall,
for 2003, the Administration proposes $3.8 billion for drug treatment, an
increase of more than 6 percent over 2002. This includes a $100 million increase
in treatment spending for 2003 as part of a plan to add $1.6 billion over five
years. Getting treatment resources where they are needed requires us to target
that spending. This budget asks that $50 million of new treatment funding be
targeted to areas with greatest need.
Disrupting
the Illegal Drug Market: The demand for drugs tends to vary with their price and availability.
Disrupting this market relationship provides policymakers with a clear lever to
reduce use. Domestically, attacking the economic basis of the drug trade
involves the cooperative, combined efforts of federal, state, and local law
enforcement.
To help
secure our borders, the President’s budget includes $2.3 billion for drug
interdiction, an increase of over 10 percent from 2002.
Internationally,
the Bush Administration will continue to target the supply of illegal drugs in
the source countries. The Administration is requesting $731 million in dedicated
funds in 2003 for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative to be applied in Bolivia,
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
President Bush’s Budget - Setting Clear Goals and Implementing Needed Reforms for Reducing Drug Use
The
National Drug Control Strategy concedes that management of our drug fighting
institutions has not been as effective as it could be, and proposes a new way of
presenting and managing the drug control budget. The budget has partly been
based on imperfect estimation techniques that gauge the portion of a program
related to drug control. Under the new approach, all drug programs will tie
directly to actual line items in agency budgets - establishing clearer lines of
authority and accountability for results.
Overall,
the President’s 2003 Budget includes $19.2 billion for drug control.
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