National Guard Support to U.S. Drug Interdiction Efforts

Abstract

The peacetime mission of the National Guard (the Guard) is to protect life and property and to maintain peace, order, and public safety. As part of its peacetime mission, the Guard has been involved in support of counternarcotics activities since 1977. Over the past decade, the Guard has increased its emphasis on counternarcotics activities as concerns about illicit drug use in the United States have grown. The Guard began to quantify its support to counternarcotics efforts in 1983. In 1983, four states were involved in counternarcotics missions. By 1988, 32 states were involved in 456 marijuana eradication missions. These missions were accomplished by the Guard incidental to training and without Federal funding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 02, 1991
Accession Number
ADA379301

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • California
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • District Of Columbia
  • Drug Interdiction
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Governments
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Military Personnel
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • New York
  • United States

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