Drug Policy: Preliminary Observations on the 2019 National Drug Control Strategy

Abstract

Over 70,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States in 2017. Overdoses are at their highest ever-recorded level. This testimony includes our preliminary observations on the 2019 National Drug Control Strategy - which is intended to help coordinate more than a dozen agencies' efforts to address illicit drug use. The strategy does not include certain legally required information, such as specific targets against which agency success can be measured. In prior work, we recommended that agencies establish such measures. Without them, agencies cannot truly assess whether their efforts are achieving desired outcomes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 2019
Accession Number
AD1152422

Entities

People

  • Mary Denigan-macauley
  • Triana Mcneil

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Addiction
  • Congress
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Addiction
  • Drug Overdose
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Opioids
  • Public Health
  • Public Health Emergencies
  • Street Drugs
  • United States
  • United States Government

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