The Drug War: The Effects of Policy Change at the Operational Level

Abstract

Regardless of its name, 'Drug War' or 'Domestic Drug Problem,' the international drug trade is a threat to the moral fiber of this country as well as its National Security. To combat the growing threat, in 1989 President Bush, through the National Drug Control Strategy, introduced a three pronged approach: source Country Supply Reduction, Interdiction Operations and Demand Reduction. Each element was designed to attack the drug trade at every phase. From the coca leaf growers in the Huallaga Valley, Peru, to the Cessna 150 pilot smuggling drugs illegally across the Mexican border, to the small time dealer on the corner of a nearby High School. Policy, Interdiction operations, Operational level

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 1994
Accession Number
ADA279616

Entities

People

  • George J. Walter

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Crime
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Social Problems
  • Societies
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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  • Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Science in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies