Drug Czar Presentation

By: Michelle Eastwood-Sell

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)

Cost of War

 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)

Statistic

Community focus on youths Providing important information on the effects of drugs Mentoring programs Expanding drug research

(Kerlikowske, 2010)

Strengthen Efforts to Prevent Drug Use in Communities

 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)

Break the Cycle of Drug Use, Crime, Delinquency, and Incarceration

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)

Disrupt Domestic Drug Trafficking and Production

 Joint counter drug law enforcement Alternative livelihoods for coca and opium farmers Education

(Kerlikowske, 2010)

Strengthen International Partnerships

 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.

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