Dealing with Drugs
In: Public Health in the 21st Century
Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Federal Domestic Illegal Drug Enforcement Efforts: Are They Working? -- Summary -- Introduction -- Background -- The Federal Role in Domestic Drug Enforcement -- Federal drug enforcement agencies -- State and local law enforcement role in illegal drug control -- Federal Domestic Drug Enforcement Activities -- Federal Domestic Drug Enforcement Data -- Types of available federal enforcement data -- Limitations of existing federal enforcement data -- Arrests for Federal Drug Offenses -- Federal Drug Offenders Charged, Convicted, and Sentenced -- Federal Domestic Drug Seizures -- Federal drug seizure data -- Eradication of domestic cannabis -- Clandestine laboratory seizures -- Money Laundering and Illegal Drug Financing -- Issues and Possible Options for Congress -- Are Federal Domestic Drug Enforcement Activities Working? -- Have federal drug enforcement efforts reduced drug use? -- Have interdiction efforts reduced illegal drug supplies? -- Has more stringent enforcement increased drug prices? -- Options for Assessing Federal Drug Enforcement Strategies -- Research and Enforcement Data Development -- Changing the Balance of the Federal Drug Control Budget -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Federal Drug Control Legislation -- Early Federal Drug Control Legislation (1914-1968) -- The Harrison Narcotics Act -- The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 -- The Boggs Act of 1951 -- Narcotics Control Act of 1956 -- Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965 -- The Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966 (NARA) -- The Staggers-Dodd Bill of 1968 -- Federal Drug Control Laws since 1970 -- The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 -- Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-4 73) -- Controlled Substance Analog Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-5 70) -- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-570)