The War on Drugs - America's Other War

Abstract

The United States Coast Guard, with the assistance of the United States Navy, has been engaged in interdicting drugs in the maritime environment since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs thirty-seven years ago. Despite significant progress in interdiction efforts, producers and distributors have not been deterred from using the maritime environment to ship cocaine to the United States. This paper was written to analyze the operational factors of time, space and force in order to determine the most effective way to utilize the limited resources available for maritime drug interdiction. From the analysis, the paper draws conclusions concerning current drug interdictions efforts. Finally, the paper gives recommendations to assign more resources and improve current drug interdiction efforts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 04, 2008
Accession Number
ADA484455

Entities

People

  • James S. Bruske Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Interdiction
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Health Services
  • Interdiction
  • Law Enforcement
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Security
  • South America
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Science in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space