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Transcript of Drug Czar Presentation
Drug Czar PresentationBy: Michelle Eastwood-Sell
Cost of War
• A record 15.5 million has been requested for:• Police• Military• Border Patrol Agents
Front line battles for the war on drugs: drug trafficking and drug seizures
Federal Interagency Task Force for Drug Endangered Children (2010)
Statistic
• 2002-2007: 2.1 million children lived with a drug dependent parent
• 40%-80% of families in the welfare system have substance abuse issues
• In 2003, 60% of people in rehabilitation were parents, of that 60%, 27% had a child removed from the home
Federal Interagency Task Force for Drug Endangered Children (2010)
Strengthen Efforts to Prevent Drug Use in Communities
• Community focus on youths• Providing important information on the effects of drugs• Mentoring programs• Expanding drug research
(Kerlikowske, 2010)
Break the Cycle of Drug Use, Crime, Delinquency,
and Incarceration
• Reducing drug availability• Partnership between law enforcement and community
members to reduce gang and drug activity• Alternatives to incarceration such as rehabilitation• Re-entry programs• Drug screening
(Kerlikowske, 2010)
Disrupt Domestic Drug Trafficking and Production
• Maximize federal support• Assist tribal authorities• Southwest Border Counter narcotics Strategy• Disrupt counterintelligence for drug trafficking• Disrupt criminal distribution• Ending the production of narcotics
(Kerlikowske, 2010)
Strengthen International Partnerships
• Joint counter drug law enforcement• Alternative livelihoods for coca and opium farmers• Education
(Kerlikowske, 2010)
References
• © MMX, The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.• Federal Interagency Task Force for Drug Endangered
Children (2010)• Kerlikowske, G. Office of National Drug Control Policy,
(2010). National drug control strategy. Washimngton, DC: Government Printing Office.