Improving Data and Analysis to Support National Substance Abuse Policy.
Abstract
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is required by its authorizing legislation to report on the overall status of the drug use problem in the nation, to develop a national drug control strategy, and to measure its effectiveness. It is not well served by the fragmented and untimely nature of existing drug monitoring systems. Neither are federal and state policy agencies in the various individual sectors of drug control, e.g. health, justice, education. What has been lacking, in spite of substantial federal investment in data expansion efforts during the past few years, is a comprehensive, systematic, and coordinated approach to analyzing drug data problems and prospects for their improvement. As the major federal consumer of drug indicator data, and the agency charged with coordination of drug control efforts, ONDCP is uniquely positioned to identify drug policy data requirements, undertake objective, critical review of the whole array of existing data, and marshal efforts toward greater coordination and integration of data acquisition efforts-within and across federal agencies. This report is intended to support this kind of broad data improvement effort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA297453
Entities
People
- Daniel Mccaffrey
- Hilary Saner
- Jonathan Caulkins
- Patricia Ebener
- Sandy Geschwind
Organizations
- RAND Corporation