Federal Drug Policy

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This paper discusses the American President's national drug control strategy and summarizes the policy, underlining the President's objectives. The Federal Drug Policy outlines the official government position on drugs in America and how it hopes to enforce them. The paper notes that the policies in the report are all important and positive, but it remains to be seen if they can actually be accomplished.

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"Obviously, law enforcement plays a heavy role in areas of the federal drug policy. However, the policy also stresses family and peer intervention where drug use is present, and urges America to get involved in the problem. The policy adds $32 million in new funding for drug courts to administer and monitor drug treatment programs required by the courts, so criminal justice system is represented directly in the policy, but much of the emphasis on law enforcement is at the Federal and even international levels, while far less is given to local enforcement agencies."

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