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September 5
10:00 a.m.
Governor,
Herewith are Peggy Noonan's comments on the speech, which
we faxed to her this morning:
This speech is adequate to the task. It is also flat.
a. I would strongly urge putting in the phrase, "A full war
footing against drugs."
b. I would strongly urge putting back in the section in the
original speech in which the President talks to the poor of the
inner city and calls drug use a form of slavery.
C. The ending is flat. I would urge a return to the original
one-paragraph ending -- "We are going to win this thing."
Peggy added later that she doesn't think the President will get
"laughed at" over the speech; it is "adequate." It just isn't very
good, she said.
CHANGES: p. 5
p. 6
p. 9 -- "we probably will NOT catch every dealer..." (peggy)
p. 10
p. 16
p. 17
p. 18
p. 20 ("everytime you use 'hardnosed' on TV, people think of a nose
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p. 22 ("weak ending")
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON DRUGS: ALL NETWORKS
Peggy Noonan
TUESDAY, SEPT. 5/9 P.M.
Comments
( (GOOD EVENING.)
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE TAKING THE OATH OF
OFFICE THAT I FELT AN ISSUE WAS SO IMPORTANT, so
THREATENING, THAT IT WARRANTED TALKING DIRECTLY WITH
YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ALL OF US AGREE THAT THE
GRAVEST DOMESTIC THREAT FACING OUR NATION TODAY IS
DRUGS.
DRUGS HAVE STRAINED OUR FAITH IN OUR SYSTEM OF
JUSTICE. OUR COURTS, OUR PRISONS, OUR LEGAL SYSTEM ARE
STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT. THE SOCIAL COSTS OF
DRUGS ARE MOUNTING. IN SHORT, DRUGS ARE SAPPING OUR
STRENGTH AS A NATION.
TURN ON THE EVENING NEWS, OR PICK UP THE MORNING
PAPER AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT SOME AMERICANS KNOW JUST BY
STEPPING OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR: OUR MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM
TODAY IS COCAINE, AND IN PARTICULAR, CRACK.
- 2 -
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? LET ME TELL YOU STRAIGHT OUT.
EVERYONE WHO USES DRUGS.
EVERYONE WHO SELLS DRUGS.
AND EVERYONE 11 WHO LOOKS THE OTHER WAY.
TONIGHT, I WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY AMERICANS ARE
USING ILLEGAL DRUGS. I WILL PRESENT TO YOU OUR
NATIONAL STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH EVERY ASPECT OF THIS
THREAT. AND I WILL ASK YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN WHAT
PROMISES TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT FIGHT.
((PICK UP DRUGS) ) THIS IS CRACK COCAINE SEIZED A
FEW DAYS AGO BY DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AGENTS
IN A PARK JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN HEROIN OR PCP. IT'S AS
INNOCENT-LOOKING AS CANDY, BUT IT IS TURNING OUR CITIES
INTO BATTLE ZONES AND IT IS MURDERING OUR CHILDREN.
LET THERE BE NO MISTAKE, THIS STUFF IS POISON. ((SET
DRUGS DOWN, OUT OF CAMERA RANGE. "
- 3 -
SOME USED TO CALL DRUGS HARMLESS RECREATION. 11
THEY'RE NOT. DRUGS ARE A REAL AND TERRIBLY DANGEROUS
THREAT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR
FAMILIES.
NO ONE AMONG US IS OUT OF HARM'S WAY. WHEN FOUR-
YEAR-OLDS PLAY IN PLAYGROUNDS STREWN WITH DISCARDED
HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND CRACK VIALS -- IT BREAKS MY
HEART. WHEN COCAINE -- ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY AND
ADDICTIVE ILLEGAL DRUGS -- IS AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL KIDS
-- SCHOOL KIDS -- IT'S AN OUTRAGE. AND WHEN HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF BABIES ARE BORN EACH YEAR TO MOTHERS
WHO USE DRUGS -- PREMATURE BABIES BORN DESPERATELY SICK
-- THEN EVEN THE MOST DEFENSELESS AMONG US ARE AT RISK.
- 4 -
/\/\
THESE ARE THE TRAGEDIES BEHIND THE STATISTICS.
BUT THE NUMBERS ALSO HAVE QUITE A STORY TO TELL. LET
ME SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULTS OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG
ABUSE. IT COMPARES RECENT DRUG USE TO THREE YEARS AGO.
IT TELLS US SOME GOOD NEWS III AND, SOME VERY BAD
NEWS. FIRST, THE GOOD. (CAMERA CUTS TO SLIDE ONE.) )
((PAUSE))
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART, IN 1985, THE
GOVERNMENT ESTIMATED THAT 23 MILLION AMERICANS WERE
USING DRUGS ON A "CURRENT" BASIS -- THAT IS, AT LEAST
ONCE IN THE PRECEDING MONTH. LAST YEAR, THAT NUMBER
FELL BY MORE THAN A THIRD. THAT MEANS ALMOST NINE
MILLION FEWER AMERICANS ARE CASUAL DRUG USERS. 11 GOOD
NEWS. ((CAMERA BACK TO PRESIDENT.)
- 5 -
BECAUSE WE CHANGED OUR NATIONAL ATTITUDE TOWARD
DRUGS, CASUAL DRUG USE HAS DECLINED. WE HAVE MANY TO
THANK: OUR BRAVE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, RELIGIOUS
LEADERS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, AND LEADERS OF
Boring
BUSINESS AND LABOR. 11 WE SHOULD ALSO THANK THE MEDIA
Sounts
FOR THEIR EXHAUSTIVE NEWS AND EDITORIAL COVERAGE; AND
dumb
ADVERTISERS FOR RUNNING ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES. 11
FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT AND MRS. REAGAN FOR
THEIR LEADERSHIP. ALL OF THESE GOOD PEOPLE TOLD THE
TRUTH -- THAT DRUG USE IS WRONG AND DANGEROUS.
BUT, AS MUCH COMFORT AS WE CAN DRAW FROM THESE
DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS, THERE IS ALSO BAD NEWS -- VERY BAD
NEWS. III (CAMERA TO SLIDE TWO.)) ROUGHLY EIGHT
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE USED COCAINE IN THE PAST YEAR,
ALMOST ONE MILLION OF THEM USED IT FREQUENTLY ONCE A
WEEK OR MORE.
- 6 -
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT
OVERALL COCAINE USE IS DOWN, AMONG THOSE USING COCAINE,
FREQUENT USE HAS ALMOST DOUBLED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHY HABITUAL COCAINE USERS -- ESPECIALLY
CRACK USERS -- ARE OUR MOST PRESSING, IMMEDIATE DRUG
PROBLEM. ((PAUSE)) ((RETURN TO PRESIDENT.)
\/\/
WHAT, THEN, IS OUR PLAN? 11 TO BEGIN WITH, I
do the job
TRUST THE LESSON OF EXPERIENCE: NO SINGLE POLICY WILL
CUT IT, NO MATTER HOW GLAMOROUS OR MAGICAL IT MAY
SOUND. TO WIN THE WAR AGAINST ADDICTIVE DRUGS LIKE
CRACK WILL TAKE MORE THAN JUST A FEDERAL STRATEGY. IT
WILL TAKE A NATIONAL STRATEGY, ONE THAT REACHES INTO
EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY WORKPLACE, INVOLVING EVERY FAMILY.
- 7 -
EARLIER TODAY, I SENT THIS DOCUMENT, ((HOLD UP RED
BOOK)) OUR FIRST SUCH NATIONAL STRATEGY TO THE
CONGRESS. IT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE HARD WORK OF OUR
NATION'S FIRST DRUG POLICY DIRECTOR, BILL BENNETT.
/\/\ IN PREPARING THIS PLAN, WE TALKED WITH STATE,
LOCAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
AND EXPERTS IN EDUCATION, DRUG PREVENTION, AND
REHABILITATION. WE TALKED WITH PARENTS AND KIDS. WE
TOOK A LONG HARD LOOK AT ALL THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS DONE ABOUT DRUGS IN THE PAST: WHAT'S
WORKED, AND -- LET'S BE HONEST -- WHAT HASN'T. TOO
OFTEN, PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT ACTED AS IF THEIR PART OF
THE PROBLEM -- WHETHER FIGHTING DRUG PRODUCTION, OR
DRUG SMUGGLING, OR DRUG DEMAND --WAS THE ONLY PROBLEM.
BUT TURF BATTLES WON'T WIN THIS WAR. 111 TEAMWORK
WILL.
TONIGHT, I'M ANNOUNCING A STRATEGY THAT REFLECTS
THE COORDINATED, COOPERATIVE COMMITMENT OF ALL OUR
FEDERAL AGENCIES. 11 IN SHORT, THIS PLAN IS AS
COMPREHENSIVE AS THE PROBLEM. WITH THIS STRATEGY, WE
NOW FINALLY HAVE A PLAN THAT COORDINATES OUR RESOURCES,
OUR PROGRAMS AND THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THEM.
- 8 -
OUR WEAPONS IN THIS STRATEGY ARE: THE LAW AND
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; OUR FOREIGN POLICY; OUR
TREATMENT SYSTEMS, AND OUR SCHOOLS AND DRUG PREVENTION
PROGRAMS. so THE BASIC WEAPONS WE NEED ARE THE ONES WE
ALREADY HAVE. WHAT HAS BEEN LACKING IS A STRATEGY TO
EFFECTIVELY USE THEM. 1111
LET ME ADDRESS FOUR OF THE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF OUR
STRATEGY.
*** FIRST, WE ARE DETERMINED TO ENFORCE THE LAW,
TO MAKE OUR STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. so TO
START, I'M PROPOSING THAT WE MORE THAN DOUBLE FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AMERICANS HAVE A RIGHT TO SAFETY IN AND AROUND THEIR
HOMES.
- 9 -
AND WE WON'T HAVE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS UNLESS WE ARE
should
TOUGH ON DRUG CRIMINALS -- MUCH TOUGHER THAN WE ARE
not
NOW. SOMETIMES THAT MEANS TOUGHER PENALTIES. BUT MORE
say
OFTEN IT JUST MEANS PUNISHMENT THAT IS SWIFT AND
insted
CERTAIN. WE'VE ALL HEARD STORIES ABOUT DRUG DEALERS
WHO ARE CAUGHT AND ARRESTED -- AGAIN AND AGAIN -- BUT
We will
NEVER PUNISHED. III WELL, HERE THE RULES HAVE
do everything CHANGED: IF YOU SELL DRUGS, YOU WILL BE CAUGHT.
AND
to Catch
WHEN YOU'RE CAUGHT, YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED. AND ONCE
you."
YOU'RE CONVICTED, YOU WILL DO TIME. CAUGHT.
PROSECUTED. PUNISHED. 1111
/\/\
I AM ALSO PROPOSING THAT WE ENLARGE OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM ACROSS THE BOARD -- AT THE LOCAL, STATE
AND FEDERAL LEVELS ALIKE. WE NEED MORE PRISONS, MORE
JAILS, MORE COURTS, MORE PROSECUTORS. SO TONIGHT, I'M
REQUESTING -- ALTOGETHER -- AN ALMOST BILLION-AND-A-
HALF DOLLAR INCREASE IN DRUG-RELATED FEDERAL SPENDING
ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.
- 10 -
AND WHILE ILLEGAL DRUG USE IS FOUND IN EVERY
COMMUNITY, NOWHERE IS IT WORSE THAN IN OUR PUBLIC
never had it easy
HOUSING PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, THE POOR HAVE ALWAYS BORNE in the
A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF SUFFERING. BUT IN THE
world
PAST, THEY WEREN'T MUGGED ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK BY
CRACK GANGS. AND THEIR CHILDREN DIDN'T HAVE TO DODGE
BULLETS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. THAT IS WHY I'M
TARGETING FIFTY-MILLION DOLLARS TO FIGHT CRIME IN
PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS -- TO HELP RESTORE ORDER, AND
TO KICK OUT THE DEALERS FOR GOOD.
- 11 -
*** THE SECOND ELEMENT OF OUR STRATEGY LOOKS
BEYOND OUR BORDERS, WHERE THE COCAINE AND CRACK BOUGHT
ON AMERICA'S STREETS IS GROWN AND PROCESSED. IN
COLOMBIA ALONE, COCAINE KILLERS HAVE GUNNED DOWN A
LEADING STATESMAN, MURDERED ALMOST TWO HUNDRED JUDGES
AND SEVEN MEMBERS OF THEIR SUPREME COURT. THE BESIEGED
GOVERNMENTS OF THE DRUG-PRODUCING COUNTRIES ARE
FIGHTING BACK, FIGHTING TO BREAK THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG
RINGS. BUT YOU AND I AGREE WITH THE COURAGEOUS
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA, VIRGILIO ((VEER-HEEL-LEO))
BARCO, WHO SAID THAT IF AMERICANS USE COCAINE, THEN
AMERICANS ARE PAYING 11 FOR MURDER. 11 AMERICAN
COCAINE USERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL NOT TAKE
CASUAL DRUG USE CASUALLY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT
TO LEAVE OUR BRAVE FRIENDS IN COLOMBIA TO FIGHT ALONE.
THE SIXTY-FIVE-MILLION DOLLAR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
ANNOUNCED TWO WEEKS AGO WAS JUST OUR FIRST STEP IN
ASSISTING THE ANDEAN NATIONS IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE
COCAINE CARTELS. COLOMBIA HAS ALREADY ARRESTED
SUPPLIERS, SEIZED TONS OF COCAINE AND CONFISCATED
PALATIAL HOMES OF DRUG LORDS. BUT COLOMBIA FACES A
LONG, UPHILL BATTLE, so WE MUST BE READY TO DO MORE.
- 12 -
OUR STRATEGY ALLOCATES MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A
BILLION DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR IN MILITARY AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR THE THREE ANDEAN NATIONS OF
COLOMBIA, BOLIVIA AND PERU. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST
PART OF A FIVE-YEAR, TWO-BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM TO
COUNTER THE PRODUCERS, THE TRAFFICKERS AND THE
SMUGGLERS.
I SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT BARCO LAST WEEK, AND WE
HOPE TO MEET WITH THE LEADERS OF AFFECTED COUNTRIES IN
AN UNPRECEDENTED DRUG SUMMIT, ALL TO COORDINATE AN
INTER-AMERICAN STRATEGY AGAINST THE CARTELS. WE WILL
WORK WITH OUR ALLIES AND FRIENDS -- ESPECIALLY OUR
ECONOMIC SUMMIT PARTNERS -- TO DO MORE IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST DRUGS. I'M ALSO ASKING THE SENATE TO RATIFY
THE U.N. ANTI-DRUG CONVENTION CONCLUDED LAST DECEMBER.
TO STOP THOSE DRUGS ON THE WAY TO AMERICA, I
PROPOSE THAT WE SPEND MORE THAN A BILLION-AND-A-HALF
DOLLARS ON INTERDICTION, TO STOP DRUGS AT OUR BORDERS.
- 13 -
OUR MESSAGE TO THE DRUG CARTELS IS THIS: 11 THE
RULES HAVE CHANGED. 11 WE WILL HELP ANY GOVERNMENT
THAT WANTS OUR HELP. WHEN REQUESTED, AND APPROPRIATE,
WE WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME MAKE AVAILABLE THE
RESOURCES, EVEN THE PERSONNEL, OF AMERICA'S ARMED
good idea
FORCES. WE WILL INTENSIFY OUR EFFORTS AGAINST DRUG
to armed forces
SMUGGLERS ON THE HIGH SEAS, IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE
AND AT OUR BORDERS. WE WILL STOP THE FLOW OF CHEMICALS
FROM THE UNITED STATES USED TO PROCESS DRUGS. WE WILL
PERSUE AND ENFORCE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO TRACK
DRUG MONEY TO THE FRONT MEN AND FINANCIERS. AND THEN
WE WILL HANDCUFF THESE MONEY LAUNDERERS, AND JAIL THEM
-- JUST LIKE ANY STREET DEALER.
*** THE THIRD PART OF OUR STRATEGY CONCERNS DRUG
TREATMENT. EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE TWO MILLION
AMERICAN DRUG USERS WHO MAY BE ABLE TO GET OFF DRUGS
WITH PROPER TREATMENT. BUT RIGHT NOW, ONLY 40 PERCENT
OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY GETTING HELP. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT
GOOD ENOUGH.
- 14 -
MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED TREATMENT WON'T SEEK IT ON
THEIR OWN. AND SOME WHO DO SEEK IT ARE PUT ON A
WAITING LIST. MOST PROGRAMS WERE SET UP TO DEAL WITH
HEROIN ADDICTS, 11 BUT TODAY, THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS
COCAINE USERS. IT'S TIME WE EXPAND OUR TREATMENT
SYSTEMS AND DO A BETTER JOB OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO
THOSE WHO NEED THEM.
so TONIGHT, I'M PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF THREE
IUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL
SPENDING ON DRUG TREATMENT.
WITH THIS STRATEGY, WE WILL DO MORE. WE WILL WORK
WITH THE STATES. WE WILL ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO
ESTABLISH EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO COPE WITH
DRUG USE. AND, BECAUSE ADDICTION IS SUCH A CRUEL
INHERITANCE, WE WILL INTENSIFY OUR SEARCH FOR WAYS TO
HELP EXPECTANT MOTHERS WHO USE DRUGS.
- 15 -
/\/\
*** FOURTH, WE MUST STOP ILLEGAL DRUG USE BEFORE
Children IT STARTS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT BEGINS EARLY -- FOR MANY
KIDS, BEFORE THEIR TEENS. BUT IT DOESN'T START THE WAY
YOU MIGHT THINK, FROM A DEALER OR AN ADDICT HANGING
AROUND A SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. MORE OFTEN, OUR KIDS FIRST
GET THEIR DRUGS FREE, FROM FRIENDS, OR EVEN FROM OLDER
BROTHERS OR SISTERS. PEER PRESSURE SPREADS DRUG USE.
PEER PRESSURE CAN HELP STOP IT.
I AM PROPOSING A OQUARTER-OF-A-BILLION-DOLLAR
INCREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS
REJECT ENTICEMENTS TO TRY DRUGS. 11 AND I'M PROPOSING
SOMETHING ELSE. 11 EVERY SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY -- AND EVERY WORKPLACE - -- MUST ADOPT TOUGH
BUT FAIR POLICIES ABOUT DRUG USE BY STUDENTS AND
EMPLOYEES. 11 THOSE THAT WILL NOT ADOPT SUCH POLICIES
WILL NOT GET FEDERAL FUNDS. PERIOD.
- 16 -
THE PRIVATE SECTOR ALSO HAS A ROLE TO PLAY. I
SPOKE WITH A BUSINESSMAN NAMED JIM BURKE WHO SAID HE
WAS HAUNTED BY THE THOUGHT -- A NIGHTMARE REALLY --
THAT SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA, AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, THERE
IS A TEEN-AGE GIRL WHO SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL, INSTEAD OF
GIVING BIRTH TO A CHILD ADDICTED TO COCAINE. so JIM
DID SOMETHING. HE LED AN ANTI-DRUG PARTNERSHIP,
FINANCED BY PRIVATE FUNDS, TO WORK WITH ADVERTISERS AND
MEDIA FIRMS. THEIR PARTNERSHIP IS NOW DETERMINED TO
WORK WITH OUR STRATEGY BY RAISING A MILLION DOLLARS IN
AIRTIME EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS -- A BILLION
DOLLARS TOTAL. THINK OF IT, A BILLION DOLLARS OF
TELEVISION TIME, ALL TO PROMOTE THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE.
1111
AS PRESIDENT, ONE OF MY FIRST MISSIONS IS TO KEEP
THE NATIONAL FOCUS ON OUR OFFENSIVE AGAINST DRUGS. SO
NEXT WEEK I WILL TAKE THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE TO THE
CLASSROOMS OF AMERICA IN A SPECIAL TELEVISION ADDRESS,
ONE THAT I HOPE WILL REACH EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY YOUNG
AMERICAN. BUT DRUG EDUCATION DOESN'T BEGIN IN CLASS OR
ON T.V. IT MUST BEGIN AT HOME AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
PARENTS AND FAMILIES MUST SET THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF A
DRUG-FREE LIFE. 1111
- 17 -
THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN OUR
STRATEGY TO FIGHT DRUGS. THEY ARE ALL DESIGNED TO
REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER, TO MESH INTO A POWERFUL WHOLE.
TO MOUNT AN AGGRESSIVE ATTACK ON THE PROBLEM FROM EVERY
ANGLE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
need
COUNTRY, THAT WE TRULY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.
no keep
taken
AS YOU CAN TELL, SUCH AN APPROACH WILL NOT COME
this
CHEAPLY. LAST FEBRUARY, I ASKED FOR A SEVEN-HUNDRED-
MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE DRUG BUDGET FOR THE
COMING YEAR. NOW, OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS OF CAREFUL
STUDY, WE HAVE FOUND AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR ANOTHER
BILLION-AND-A-HALF DOLLARS. WITH THIS ADDED 2.2
BILLION DOLLARS, OUR 1990 DRUG-BUDGET TOTALS ALMOST
EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS -- THE LARGEST INCREASE IN
HISTORY.
- 18 -
WE NEED THIS PROGRAM FULLY IMPLEMENTED -- AND THE
MONEY TO PAY FOR IT -- RIGHT AWAY. 11 THE NEXT FISCAL
YEAR BEGINS JUST 26 DAYS FROM NOW. so TONIGHT I'M
ASKING THE CONGRESS -- WHICH HAS HELPED US FORMULATE
THIS STRATEGY -- TO HELP US FUND IT AS WELL.
WE CAN PAY FOR THIS FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS WITHOUT
RAISING TAXES OR ADDING TO THE BUDGET DEFICIT. WE HAVE
SUBMITTED OUR PLAN TO CONGRESS THAT SHOWS JUST HOW TO
FUND IT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OUR BIPARTISAN BUDGET
AGREEMENT.
I KNOW SOME WILL STILL SAY THAT WE ARE NOT
SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY. BUT THOSE WHO JUDGE OUR
STRATEGY ONLY BY ITS PRICE TAG, SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE PROBLEM. LET'S FACE IT, WE'VE ALL SEEN IN THE PAST
THAT MONEY ALONE WON'T SOLVE OUR TOUGHEST PROBLEMS.
TO BE STRONG AND EFFICIENT, OUR STRATEGY NEEDS
THESE FUNDS. BUT THERE IS NO MATCH FOR A UNITED
AMERICA, A DETERMINED AMERICA, AN ANGRY AMERICA. OUR
OUTRAGE AGAINST DRUGS UNITES US, BRINGS US TOGETHER
BEHIND THIS ONE PLAN OF ACTION, 11 AN ASSAULT ON EVERY
FRONT
- 19 -
THIS IS THE TOUGHEST DOMESTIC CHALLENGE WE'VE
FACED IN DECADES. AND IT IS A CHALLENGE WE MUST FACE -
- NOT AS DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, LIBERALS OR
CONSERVATIVES -- BUT AS AMERICANS. THE KEY IS A
COORDINATED, UNITED EFFORT. WE HAVE RESPONDED
FAITHFULLY TO THE REQUEST OF THE CONGRESS TO PRODUCE
OUR NATION'S FIRST NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY. I'LL BE
LOOKING TO THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN CONGRESS FOR
LEADERSHIP AND BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. AND OUR CITIZENS
DESERVE COOPERATION, NOT COMPETITION; A NATIONAL
EFFORT, NOT A PARTISAN BIDDING WAR.
TO START, CONGRESS NEEDS NOT ONLY TO ACT ON THIS
NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY, BUT ALSO TO ACT ON OUR CRIME
PACKAGE ANNOUNCED LAST MAY; A PACKAGE TO TOUGHEN
SENTENCES, AND TO BEEF UP LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BUILD NEW
PRISION SPACE FOR 24,000 INMATES.
11 YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CAN'T DO IT ALONE. THE STATES NEED TO MATCH TOUGHER
FEDERAL LAWS WITH TOUGHER LAWS. OF THEIR OWN -- STIFFER
BAIL, PROBATION, PAROLE AND SENTENCING.
- 20 -
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP. IF PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE
USERS, HELP THEM GET OFF DRUGS. IF YOU ARE A PARENT,
TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT DRUGS -- TONIGHT.
CALL YOUR LOCAL DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM. BE A BIG
BROTHER OR SISTER TO A CHILD IN NEED. PITCH IN WITH
YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM. WHETHER YOU
GIVE YOUR TIME OR TALENT, EVERYONE COUNTS.
\/\/
EVERY EMPLOYER WHO BANS DRUGS FROM THE WORKPLACE.
tough
EVERY SCHOOL THAT TAKES A HARDNOSED STANCE.
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH DRUGS ARE NOT WELCOME.
\/\/
AND MOST IMPORTANT, EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO REFUSES
TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. EVERY ONE OF YOU COUNTS.
OF COURSE, VICTORY WILL TAKE HARD WORK AND TIME.
BUT TOGETHER WE WILL WIN -- YOUNG LIVES ARE AT STAKE.
1111
- 21 -
/\/\
NOT LONG AGO, I READ A NEWSPAPER STORY ABOUT A
LITTLE BOY NAMED DOONEY, WHO, UNTIL RECENTLY, LIVED IN
A CRACK HOUSE IN A SUBURB OF WASHINGTON, D.C. IN
DOONEY'S NEIGHBORHOOD, CHILDREN DON'T FLINCH AT THE
SOUND OF GUNFIRE. AND WHEN THEY PLAY, THEY PRETEND TO
SELL TO EACH OTHER SMALL WHITE ROCKS THEY CALL CRACK.
LIFE AT HOME WAS so CRUEL THAT DOONEY BEGGED HIS
TEACHERS TO LET HIM SLEEP ON THE FLOOR AT SCHOOL. AND,
WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS FUTURE, 6-YEAR-OLD DOONEY ANSWERS:
"I DON'T WANT TO SELL DRUGS, BUT I WILL PROBABLY HAVE
TO." ((PAUSE)) 1111
WELL, DOONEY DOESN'T HAVE TO SELL DRUGS. NO CHILD
IN AMERICA SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS. TOGETHER, AS
A PEOPLE, WE CAN SAVE THESE CHILDREN. WE HAVE
ALREADY TRANSFORMED A NATIONAL ATTITUDE OF TOLERANCE
INTO ONE OF CONDEMNATION. BUT THE WAR ON DRUGS WILL BE
HARD-WON, NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD, BLOCK BY BLOCK,
CHILD BY CHILD. 11
- 22 -
IF WE FIGHT THIS WAR AS A DIVIDED NATION, THEN THE
WAR IS LOST. ((PICK UP DRUGS, HOLD IT IN FRONT OF
YOU) ) BUT, IF WE FACE THIS EVIL AS A NATION UNITED,
THIS WILL BE NOTHING BUT A HANDFUL OF USELESS
CHEMICALS. ((SET VIAL DOWN, OFF CAMERA))
VICTORY ... ((PAUSE)) VICTORY OVER DRUGS IS
weak !!
OUR CAUSE, A JUST CAUSE, AND WITH YOUR HELP, JUSTICE
WILL PREVAIL.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON DRUGS: All Networks
Tuesday, Sept. 5/9 p.m.
((Good evening. ))
This is the first time since taking the oath of office that
I felt an issue was so important, so threatening, that it
warranted talking directly with you, the American people. All of
us agree that the gravest domestic threat facing our nation today
is drugs.
Drugs have strained our faith in our system of justice. Our
courts, our prisons, our legal system are stretched to the
breaking point. The social costs of drugs are mounting. In
short, drugs are sapping our strength as a nation.
Turn on the evening news, or pick up the morning paper and
you'll see what some Americans know just by stepping out their
front door: our most serious problem today is cocaine, and in
particular, crack.
Who's responsible? Let me tell you straight out.
Everyone who uses drugs.
Everyone who sells drugs.
And everyone who looks the other way.
Tonight, I will tell you how many Americans are using
illegal drugs. I will present to you our national strategy to
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deal with every aspect of this threat. And I will ask you to get
involved in what promises to be a very difficult fight.
( (Pick up vial) ) This is crack cocaine seized a few days
ago by Drug Enforcement Administration agents in a park just
across the street from the White House. It could easily have
been heroin or PCP. It's as innocent-looking as candy, but it is
turning our cities into battle zones and it is murdering our
children. Let there be no mistake, this stuff is poison. ((Set
vial down, out of camera range.) )
Some used to call drugs harmless recreation. They're not.
Drugs are a real and terribly dangerous threat to our
neighborhoods, our friends and our families.
No one among us is out of harm's way. When four-year-olds
play in playgrounds strewn with discarded hypodermic needles and
crack vials -- ((I have to tell you, )) it breaks my heart. When
cocaine -- one of the most deadly and addictive illegal drugs --
is available to school kids -- school kids -- it makes me
furious. And when hundreds of thousands of babies are born each
year to mothers who use drugs -- premature babies born
desperately sick -- then even the most defenseless among us are
at risk.
These are the tragedies behind the statistics. But the
numbers also have quite a story to tell. Let me share with you
the results of the recently completed Household Survey of the
National Institute on Drug Abuse. It compares recent drug use to
three years ago. It tells us some good news
and, some very
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bad news. First, the good. ((Camera cuts to Slide One. ) )
((PAUSE))
As you can see in the chart, in 1985, the government
estimated that 23 million Americans were using drugs on a
"current" basis -- that is, at least once in the preceding 30
days. Last year, that number fell by more than a third. That
means almost nine million fewer Americans are casual drug users.
Good news. ((Camera back to President. ))
Because we changed our national attitude toward drugs,
casual drug use has declined. We have many to thank: our brave
law-enforcement officers, religious leaders, teachers, community
activists, and leaders of business and labor. We should also
thank the media for their exhaustive news and editorial coverage;
and advertisers for running anti-drug messages. Finally, I want
to thank President and Mrs. Reagan. All of these good people
told the truth -- that drug use is wrong and dangerous.
But, as much comfort as we can draw from these dramatic
reductions, there is also bad news -- very bad news. ( (Camera to
Slide Two. ) ) Among the more than eight million people who used
cocaine at all in the past year, almost one million of them used
it once a week or more.
What this means is that, in spite of the fact that overall
cocaine use is down, habitual cocaine use has almost doubled in
the last few years. And that's why habitual cocaine users --
especially crack users -- are our most pressing, immediate drug
problem. ((PAUSE)) ((Return to President. ))
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What, then, is our plan? To begin with, I trust the lesson
of experience: no single policy will cut it, no matter how
glamourous or magical it may sound. To win the war against
addictive drugs like crack will take more than just a federal
strategy, another Washington solution. It will take a national
strategy, one that reaches into every school, every workplace,
involving every family.
Earlier today, I sent this document, ( (hold up red book))
our first such National Strategy to the Congress. It was
developed with the hard work of our nation's first drug policy
director, Bill Bennett. In preparing this plan, we talked with
state, local and community leaders, law enforcement officials and
experts in education, drug prevention, and rehabilitation. We
talked with parents and kids. We took a long hard look at all
that the federal government has done about drugs in the past:
what's worked, and -- let's be honest -- what hasn't. Too often,
people in government acted as if their part of the problem --
whether its drug production, or drug smuggling, or drug demand --
was the only problem. But turf battles won't win this war.
Teamwork will.
Tonight, I'm announcing a strategy that reflects the
coordinated, cooperative commitment of all our federal agencies.
In short, it is as comprehensive as the problem. With this
strategy, we now finally have a plan that coordinates our
resources, our programs and the people who run them.
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Our weapons in this strategy are: our laws and criminal
justice system; our foreign policy; our treatment systems, and
our schools and drug prevention programs. So the basic weapons
we need are the ones we already have. What has been lacking is a
strategy to effectively use them.
Let me address four of the major elements of our strategy.
*** First, we are determined to enforce the law, to make
our streets and neighborhoods safe. So to start, I'm proposing
that we more than double federal assistance to state and local
law enforcement. Americans have a right to safety in and around
their homes.
And we won't have safe neighborhoods unless we are tough on
drug criminals -- much tougher than we are now. Sometimes that
means tougher penalties. But more often it just means punishment
that is swift and certain. We've all heard stories about drug
dealers who are caught and arrested -- again and again -- but
never punished. Well, our policy is simple: If you sell drugs,
you will be caught. And when you're caught, you will be
prosecuted. And once you're convicted, you will do time.
Caught. Prosecuted. Punished.
I am also proposing that we enlarge our criminal justice
system across the board -- at the local, state and federal levels
alike. We need more prisons, more jails, more courts, more
prosecutors. So tonight, I'm requesting -- altogether -- an
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almost billion-and-a-half dollar increase in drug-related federal
spending on law enforcement.
And while illegal drug use is found in every community,
nowhere is it worse than in our public housing projects. You
know, the poor have always borne a disproportionate share of
suffering. But in America's past, they weren't mugged on the way
home from work by crack gangs. And their children didn't have to
dodge bullets on the way to school. That is why I'm targeting
fifty-million dollars for public housing projects -- to help
restore order, and to kick out the dealers for good.
*** The second element of our strategy looks beyond our
borders, where the cocaine and crack bought on America's streets
is grown and processed. In Colombia alone, cocaine killers have
gunned down a leading statesman, murdered almost two hundred
judges and twelve seven members of their supreme court. The besieged
governments of the drug-producing countries are fighting back,
fighting to break the international drug rings. But you and I
agree with the courageous President of Colombia, Virgilio ((Veer-
HEEL-leo)) Barco, who said that if Americans use cocaine, then
Americans are paying for murder. Americans need to understand
that. We have a responsibility not to leave these brave people
to fight alone.
The sixty-five-million dollar emergency assistance announced
two weeks ago was just our first step in assisting the Andean
nations in their fight against the cocaine cartels. Colombia has
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already arrested suppliers, seized tons of cocaine and
confiscated palatial homes of drug lords. But Colombia faces a
long, uphill battle, so we must be ready to do more.
Our strategy earmarks a quarter of a billion dollars for
next year in military and law enforcement assistance for the
three Andean nations of Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. This will be
the first part of a five-year, two-billion dollar program to
counter the producers, the traffickers and the smugglers.
I have spoken with President Barco, and we hope to meet with
the leaders of affected countries in an unprecedented drug
summit, all to coordinate an Inter-American strategy against the
cartels. We will ask our allies and friends -- especially our
Economic Summit partners -- to do more in the fight against
drugs. I'm also asking the Senate to ratify the U.N. Anti-Drug
Convention concluded last December.
To stop those drugs on the way to America, I propose that we
spend more than a billion-and-a-half dollars on interdiction, to
help our Coast Guard and Customs agents stop drugs at our
borders.
Our message to the drug cartels is this: the rules have
changed. We will help any government that wants our help. When
requested, and appropriate, we will for the first time make
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drug processors. We are ready to negotiate and enforce
international agreements to track drug money to front men and
financiers. And then we will handcuff these money launderers,
and jail them -- just like any street dealer.
*** The third part of our strategy concerns drug treatment.
Experts believe that there are two million American drug users
who may be able to get off drugs with proper treatment. But
right now, only 40 percent of them are actually getting help.
This is simply not good enough.
Many people who need treatment won't seek it on their own.
And some who do seek it are put on a waiting list. Most programs
were set up to deal with heroin addicts. Today, the major
problem is cocaine users. It's time we expand our treatment
systems and do a better job of providing services to those who
need them.
So tonight, I'm proposing an increase of three hundred and
twenty-one million dollars in federal spending on drug treatment.
With this strategy, we will do more. We will work with the
states. We will encourage employers to establish Employee
Assistance Programs to cope drug use. And, because addiction is
such a cruel inheritance, we will intensify our search for ways
to help expectant mothers who use drugs.
*** Fourth, we must stop illegal drug use before it starts.
Unfortunately, it begins early -- for many kids, before their
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teens. But it doesn't start the way you might think, from a
dealer or an addict hanging around a school playground. More
often, our kids first get their drugs free, from friends, or even
from older brothers or sisters. Peer pressure spreads drug use.
Peer pressure can help stop it.
I am proposing a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar increase in
federal funds for school and community prevention programs that
help young people -- and adults -- reject enticements to try
drugs. And I'm proposing something else. Every school, college
and university -- and every workplace -- must adopt tough but
fair policies about drug use by students and employees. Those
that will not adopt such policies will not get federal funds.
Period.
The private sector also has a role to play. I spoke with a
businessman named Jim Burke who said he was haunted by the
thought --a nightmare really -- that somewhere in America, at any
given moment, there is a teen-age girl who should be in school,
instead of giving birth to a child addicted to cocaine. So Jim
did something. He led an anti-drug partnership, financed by
private funds, to work with advertisers and media firms. Their
partnership is now determined to work with our strategy by
raising a million dollars in airtime every day for the next three
years a billion dollars total. Think of it, a billion dollars
of television time, all to promote the anti-drug message.
As President, one of my first missions is to keep the
national focus on our offensive against drugs. So next week I
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will take the anti-drug message to the classrooms of America in a
special television address, one that I hope will reach every
school, every young American. But drug education doesn't begin
in class or on T.V. It must begin at home. Parents and families
must set the first example of a drug-free life.
These are the most important elements in our strategy to
fight drugs. They are all designed to reinforce one another, to
mesh into a powerful whole. To mount an aggressive attack on the
problem from every angle.
As you can tell, such an approach will not come cheaply.
Last February, I asked for a seven-hundred-million dollar
increase in the drug budget for the coming year. Now, over the
past six months of careful study, we have found an immediate need
for another billion-and-a-half dollars. With this added 2.2
billion dollars, our 1990 drug-budget totals almost eight billion
dollars -- the largest increase in history.
We need this program fully implemented -- and the money to
pay for it -- right away. The next fiscal year begins just 26
days from now. So tonight I'm asking the Congress -- which has
helped us formulate this strategy -- to help us fund it as well.
We can pay for this fight against drugs without raising
taxes or adding to the budget deficit. We have submitted our
plan to Congress that shows just how to fund it within the limits
of our bipartisan budget agreement.
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I know some will still say that we are not spending enough
money. But those who judge our strategy only by its price tag,
simply don't understand the problem. Let's face it, we've all
seen in the past that money alone won't solve our toughest
problems.
To be strong and efficient, our strategy needs these funds.
But there is no match for a united America, a determined America,
an angry America. Our outrage against drugs unites us, brings us
together behind this one plan of action, an assault on every
front.
This is the toughest domestic challenge we've faced in
decades. And it is a challenge we must face -- not as Democrats
or Republicans, liberals or conservatives -- but as Americans.
The key is a coordinated, united effort. We have responded
faithfully to the request of the Congress to produce our nation's
first national drug strategy. I'll be looking to the Democratic
Majority in Congress for leadership and bipartisan support. And
I expect cooperation from them, not competition; a national
effort, not a partisan bidding war.
To start, Congress needs not only to act on this national
drug strategy, but also to act on our crime package announced
last May; a package to toughen sentences, and to beef up law
enforcement.
And the states need to match tougher federal laws with
tougher laws of their own -- stiffer bail, probation, parole and
sentencing.
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And we need your help. If someone you know is a user, help
them get off drugs. If you are a parent, talk to your children
about drugs -- tonight.
Call your local drug prevention program. Be a Big Brother
or Sister to a child in need. Pitch in with your local
Neighborhood Watch program. Whether you give your time or
talent, everyone counts.
Every employer who bans drugs from the workplace.
Every school that takes a hardnosed stance.
Every neighborhood in which drugs are not welcome.
Finally, everyone who refuses to look the other way.
Everyone counts.
Of course, victory will take hard work and many years. But
we will not relent -- too many young lives are at stake.
Not long ago, I read a newspaper story about a little boy
named Dooney, who, until recently, lived in a crack house in a
suburb of Washington, D.C. In Dooney's neighborhood, children
don't flinch at the sound of gunfire. And when they play, they
pretend to sell to each other small white rocks they call crack.
Life at home was so cruel that Dooney begged his teachers to
let him sleep on the floor at school. And, when asked about his
future, 6-year-old Dooney says this: "I don't want to sell drugs,
but I will probably have to." ((PAUSE))
Dooney doesn't have to sell drugs. No child in America
should have to live like this. Together, as a people, we can
save these children. We have already saved countless lives. We
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have already transformed a national attitude of tolerance into
one of condemnation. But the war on drugs will be hard-won,
neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, child by child.
If we fight this war as a divided nation, then the war is
lost. ((Pick up vial, hold it in front of you) ) But, if we
face this evil as a nation united, our children will have a
brighter future, and this will be nothing but a vial of useless
chemicals. ((Set vial down, off camera)) Victory
...
((PAUSE)) victory over drugs is our cause, a just cause, and with
your help, justice will prevail.
Thank you, God bless you and good night.
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Dear Governor,
what I've attached is a rewrite of the first rough draft from
the speechwriter's office. I tried to retain the tone and
spirit of their address while including my own ideas.
You can use this -- or give it to the speechwriters to
rewrite -- or retain some of the ideas and can the rest -- or
file it away.
I move to New York Aug 31-Sept 1. If the President wants to
see or talk to me before Aug 30th, I'm here. If he needs me
Sept 2nd thru 5th I'll fly down. Please make sure Ailes
takes sufficient time to rehearse the President on the
teleprompter. (when they took a lot of time to rehearse for
the acceptance speech it turned out great, when they took
less time for the inaugural it turned out not so great.) BY
the way, on the holding up a vial full of crack: this kind of
stunt never worked for Reagan, but it may well work for Bush.
MY caution is that if the president's hands tremble at all as
he holds the vial, or if he puts it down and knocks it over,
you have just ruined the speech. Watch this in rehearsals.
Let me give you a few quick thoughts:
* The American people are sceptical about politicians'
statements about drugs because they feel, deep in their
hearts, that there are only two answers. One is to give in
and legalize drugs (which is downright unAmerican -- it means
admitting we're licked) and the other is to go the way of
countries like Singapore and execute drug pushers and users
(which they know isn't going to happen.) So the big
challenge for the President in this speech is to keep down
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what people will see as the bullshit ratio -- ie, speak 88
clearly and honestly as he can, not with Churchillian
rhetoric (The People will wince and say on no, more bull) but
with a low key unpretentious honesty, He must plunge right
into the text from the top and not waste time being "poetic".
* Since he has limited power and money in the programs he
can offer, he can make up for it by showing a fatherly
concern, ie: talk to those on drugs in a fatherly way,
demonstrating his compassion and sophistication, showing
concern.
* He must keep away from Reaganesque phrases like "They are
American heroes" and phrases that sound like they came from
outtakes of tv crime shows ("America is under seige".)
Rhetoric that sounds like rhetoric no longer works, rhetoric
that sounds like conversation is the only way for Bush to go.
And it's natural to him.
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* Is it true the President is considering a trip to Columbia
or Central America? If so, a simple and stark "I will go to
Columbia" -- like Ike's "I will go to Korea" - will be very
dramatic and effective. It will turn out to be the key
sentence in the speech - and the key headline the next day.
# Obviously I've written without knowing what the President's
drug proposal is. But I've guessed at the elements as
suggested in the speechwriters' draft, and used them in the
order that I think most effective.
* The slavery metaphor is, I think, much needed, and will be
well received. The "challenges" also seem right to me.
I wish you great good luck on this because I know how
important it is to you. The speechwriters will keep hitting
'en out of the park. (Hello to my beloved Ms Casey if she
sees this. And even if she doesn t.)
DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: THE DRUG WAR
Good evening.
This is the first time since taking the oath of office
as President that I have addressed the entire nation. My
feeling is that such moments should be reserved for only the
most urgent and important questions facing us. There is such
a question this evening. It is America's drug problem.
We are all familiar with the dimensions of the problem.
If you are a casual watcher of local news or a sometime
reader of newspapers you know that the drug problem is now,
in fact, a crisis. We've all heard the daily reports of the
police officers who've died in drug raids, the families that
have been torn apart, the teenagers who've been hospitalized,
the drug gangs that are now SO arrogant, 80 brazen in their
viciousness that they'd just as soon kill an innocent
bystander as a fellow drug peddiar.
In a way we all know the story, we just don't know how
it will end. I am here tonight to speak of how it can end,
how we can turn a tragedy into a triumph.
First, a reminder that this is not a problem confined to
the inner city, not a problem confined to any race or class,
group or location. In every city and every suburb, in every
town and on every Main Street drugs are available and drugs
are a threat. NO place is safe, and no person. No one is
too young or too innocent to be out of harm's way.
When a three year old Seattle boy steps on a needle
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while picnicking with his parents, and must now endure AIDS
testing, no one is safe. When a woman in New York who stands
up to drug dealers is murdered in her home, no one is safe.
When a mother playing with her baby is caught in the
crossfire of a drug shoot out and killed, no one is safe.
When 200,000 babies are born each years to mothers who use
drugs -- babies born in the agony of withdrawal -- no one is
safe.
It has never been easy in this world to be poor, but now
drugs have made that condition more painful than ever. The
poor of the past, in America's slums, while suffering from
want, didn't have to dodge bullets on the way to school --but
now they do. They didn't have to worry about being mugged by
crack gangs on the way home from work -- but now they do.
These people deserve our compassion. But compassion begins
with strength.
The most serious problem today is cocaine, especially
crack.
((Pick up vial)) This is the enemy. This is crack
cocaine seized last night by Drug Enforcement Admininstration
agents just ten blocks from where I'm sitting now. It's as
innocent looking as candy, but there's never been & poison
more powerful. (Puts vial down, out of camera range.) Crack
isn't the only problem. There's PCP, heroin, and the drugs
that used to be called harmless -- marijuana,
hallucinogenics.
We pay a lot of attention in this country to the human
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costs of the crisis, to the anecdotes of pain. But for a
moment I want to step beyond the human cost and consider the
implications for our nation's future.
The violent crime caused by drugs is a daily disruption,
leaving millions afraid to walk the streets not only in
darkness but daylight Drugs have strained our faith in our
system of justice. Our courts, our prisons, our legal system
are stressed to the point of collapse. Our people are losing
faith in the state's ability to dispense justice --and
provide protection. The social costs --- - from infants born
and brought up in border baby units in public hospitals to
the break up of families and the deepening of the welfare
culture -- is enormous.
If we lose our young generations to drugs we will lose
our ability to compete in the world. we will find ourselves
unable to compete in business with other nations -- which
means we will not, in the future, be able to maintain our
prosperity and create the jobs we need. If we lose our place
in the world -- if this free and vibrant nation which has
always been a leader in the path to a better life loses its
place -- it will be nothing less than tragic. And not only
for ue, but for all who have long relied on our decency and
compassion and seen us as an ultimate home.
One of the first things I did after taking office was
appoint our nation's first drug policy director, William
Bennett. I asked him to launch a new and comprehensive
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survey of the problem, 20 years after it began in earnest and
at the moment when it has reached its crisis.
The report is in; our decisions are made; our commitment
is complete.
Tonight I unveil America's first comprehensive national
strategy to defeat illegal drugs. It is a strategy that
begins with this insight: we must go on a full war footing
against drugs. NO half measures, no temporizing, no
handwringing. only a full war footing will do.
Tonight I put forth a four point plan based on
treatment, tougher laws, a new working relationship with the
countries that provide drugs, and prevention.
First, treatment. ((Governor, I hope we have some
specific things that we will do -- as opposed to talking
about what we must do. I hope the President can speak of
specific money and specific programs. Obviously, it would be
ideal if the President could say, "I give you this promise:
if you will turn yourself in to get help we will make sure
you get the help you need." But 1 assume we do not have the
resources to make such an offer.))
our drug orisis has been compared to an invasion by
enemy forces. But if that's the comparison we're going to
use then we have to admit the invaders are being helped by a
"fifth column" of millions of Americans who are giving help
and support to the enemy. I mean of course those who buy and
use drugs. I want to tell the illegal drug users of America
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tonight that you are taking actions that are not only self
destructive, but destructive to your nation. We feel for
many of you, you have our compassion, but you have also
earned our anger. Which gets me to point two: tougher laws.
The second point of our plan is move to restore order in
the streets by getting those who sell and buy them off the
streets, ( (Our proposals -- tougher sentencing, more money
for law enforcement (?), etc. This must sound vigorous and
declaractive, "
Third, we must deal with the source. In the killing
fields of Central America bad men are becoming richer as a
good nation becomes sicker. This must stop. ((our proposal
to help the countries of Central America fight back against
the drug lords. Here, if it is possible, "I will go to
Columbia//Central America", whatever. It might also be good
to say, "The president of Columbia is right to point out that
Americans are the drug lords' biggest customers -- but demand
is only half the problem. We have to help him cut down on
supply."))
Fourth, prevention. ((I don't know what the plan is.))
We must, finally, summon our national will. We must
join together for this single purpose. When you're on full
war footing, a full mobilization of the citizenry is in
order. And that's what I'm asking for tonight. Every
volunteer counts.
I am asking each of you to become involved, to see if
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you can't help as a volunteer counselor or fund raiser for
your local drug prevention programs. I am asking you to
become a big brother or big sister to a child who lives in
the midst of the drug culture. I am asking you to pitch in
with local Neighborhood Watch programs.
I am asking the newspapers of our country to print the
names of all of those afrested for selling -- or using --
drugs. This is a sanction that is long overdue.
I challenge the entertainment industry to go into the
heart of the horror, to the inner cities of our country, and
tell the real story of what is happening there, what the
culture of drugs means to the unprotected childre born and
brought up there.
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I challenge those celebrities of the entertainment world
who were once addicted to drugs to volunteer to go to our
nation's high schools and junior highs to tell the children
there what drugs really are and how they can lead to a ruined
life.
I challenge the nation's medical establishment, the
doctors and health professionals, to give, if you can, pro
bono work in the area of drug counseling and drug
rehabilitation.
I challenge the wealthy to have, perhaps, fewer fabulous
NO
parties and instead donate that money to drug treatment
centers.
I ask every citizen who knows someone who is using drugs
to go to them and encourage them to get help, and, if they
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refuse, to remind them that you will not be responsible for
their actions, will not condone them by your presence, and
will tell the truth if questioned by authorities.
We cannot win this struggle as long as tens of millions
of Americans want and crave drugs -- so we're going to have
to show society's disapproval. Once we laughed good
naturedly at the drunk at the party, and smiled as he wobbled
to his car. Now as a society we frown on drunkenness -- and
no one but no one 18 amused by drunk driving. Heavy drinkers
are embarassed and on the defensive -- because we as a nation
changed our mind.
once cigarette smoking was looked upon as glamorous and
sophisticated. Then the surgeon general told us it leads to
cancer. It took a quarter century, but now smoking is
frowned upon and seen as an unhealthy and unpleasant
addiction. Smokers too are on the defensive -- because we as
a nation changed our mind.
We are changing our mind about drugs, but I believe we
must accelarate the process -- and spread the new attitude to
all sections of society.
I want to speak directly tonight to those who are
disadvantaged, who live in depressed conditions and who see
drugs as an escape. Let me speak bluntly: drugs are short
term pleasure and long term pain, long term loss and a false
and short term gain.
The fact is, when you are an addict, you are A slave,
And you have chosen the cruelest slavemaster of all. He
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takes your freedom, destroys your spirit, robs you of self
esteem and tears apart your family as cruelly as the
slavemasters of old, And what do you get in return? Even
the slavemasters of the past provided food and rough shelter.
You get nothing.
The crack. houses are his plantation and you are his
slave, and your chains and mannacles are all the stronger for
the fact you cannot see him. It is sad that 125 years after
slavery ended people are still lining up on the auction
block. But you can change it. You can win your freedom
back, and we'll do all we can to help you.
And if we don't? Lately when I think of what drugs have
done to us I think of a little boy named Dooney
a He's
6 years old and lived, until recently, in a crack house in a
suburb of Washington DC. In Dooney's neighborhood children
don't flinch at the sound of gunfire. When they play they
pretend to sell each other small white rocks they call crack.
He has no one to take care of him as a child should be taken
care of. Life at home is so painful that Dooney begged his
teachers to let him sleep on the floor of his school. Do you
know what he said when someone asked him about the future?
He said, "I don't want to sell drugs, but I probably have
to."
Well, if that's what he winds up doing it will be our
fault. There's still time to help him, there is still time
to defeat drugs.
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This is the biggest domestic challenge we have faced
since the civil rights struggle of the early 1960's, But if
we face the evil of drugs as a nation united then the drug
lords will be toppled and this ((picks up vial)) will be
put in a time capsule somewhere as the thing that almost
destroyed our nation -- and didn't.
We are going to win this thing. No matter how long it
takes, no matter how high the cost, no matter what sacrifice
or commitment we are going to win this thing -- together.
A8 we've done every other great act of our long great
history. We'll pitch in, take part, get tough -- and then we
will save our beloved country.
Thank you. God bless you all. Good night.
Davis/Martin
Sept. 4, 1989
Title: bismark
Draft: Fifteen
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON DRUGS: All Networks
Tuesday, Sept. 5/9 p.m.
( (Good evening. ))
This is the first time since taking the oath of office that
I felt an issue was so important, so threatening, that it
warranted talking directly with you, the American people. All of
us agree that the gravest domestic threat facing our nation today
is drugs.
Drugs have strained our faith in our system of justice. Our
courts, our prisons, our legal system are stretched to the
breaking point. The social costs of drugs are mounting. In
short, drugs are sapping our strength as a nation.
Turn on the evening news, or pick up the morning paper and
you'll see what some Americans know just by stepping out their
front door: our most serious problem today is cocaine, and in
particular, crack.
Who's responsible? Let me tell you straight cut.
Everyone who uses drugs.
Everyone who sells drugs.
And everyone who looks the other way.
Tonight, I will tell you how many Americans are using
illegal drugs. I will present to you our national strategy to
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deal with every aspect of this threat. And I will ask you to get
involved in what promises to be a very difficult fight.
((Pick up drugs)) This is crack cocaine seized a few days
ago by Drug Enforcement Administration agents in a park just
across the street from the White House. It could easily have
been heroin or PCP. It's as innocent-looking as candy, but it is
turning our cities into battle zones and it is murdering our
children. Let there be no mistake, this stuff is poison. ((Set
drugs down, out of camera range.)
Some used to call drugs harmless recreation. They're not.
Drugs are a real and terribly dangerous threat to our
neighborhoods, our friends and our families.
No one among us is out of harm's way. When four-year-olds
play in playgrounds strewn with discarded hypodermic needles and
crack vials -- ((I have to tell you, ) ) it breaks my heart. When
cocaine -- one of the most deadly and addictive illegal drugs --
is available to school kids -- school kids -- it makes me
furious. And when hundreds of thousands of babies are born each
year to mothers who use drugs -- premature babies born
desperately sick -- then even the most defenseless among us are
at risk.
These are the tragedies behind the statistics. But the
numbers also have quite a story to tell. Let me share with you
the results of the recently completed Household Survey of the
National Institute on Drug Abuse. It compares recent drug use to
three years ago. It tells us some good news
and, some very
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bad news. First, the good. ( (Camera cuts to Slide One. ) )
( (PAUSE) )
As you can see in the chart, in 1985, the government
estimated that 23 million Americans were using drugs on a
"current" basis -- that is, at least once in the preceding 30
days. Last year, that number fell by more than a third. That
means almost nine million fewer Americans are casual drug users.
Good news. ( (Camera back to President. ))
Because we changed our national attitude toward drugs,
casual drug use has declined. We have many to thank: our brave
law-enforcement officers, religious leaders, teachers, community
activists, and leaders of business and labor. We should also
thank the media for their exhaustive news and editorial coverage;
and advertisers for running anti-drug messages. Finally, I want
to thank President and Mrs. Reagan. All of these good people
told the truth -- that drug use is wrong and dangerous.
But, as much comfort as we can draw from these dramatic
reductions, there is also bad news -- very bad news. ( (Camera to
Slide Two. )) Among the more than eight million people who used
cocaine at all in the past year, almost one million of them used
it once a week or more.
What this means is that, in spite of the fact that overall
cocaine use is down, habitual cocaine use has almost doubled in
the last few years. And that's why habitual cocaine users --
especially crack users -- are our most pressing, immediate drug
problem. ((PAUSE)) ((Return to President. ))
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What, then, is our plan? To begin with, I trust the lesson
of experience: no single policy will cut it, no matter how
glamorous or magical it may sound. To win the war against
addictive drugs like crack will take more than just a federal
strategy, another Washington solution. It will take a national
strategy, one that reaches into every school, every workplace,
involving every family.
Earlier today, I sent this document, ((hold up red book))
our first such National Strategy to the Congress. It was
developed with the hard work of our nation's first drug policy
director, Bill Bennett. In preparing this plan, we talked with
state, local and community leaders, law enforcement officials and
experts in education, drug prevention, and rehabilitation. We
talked with parents and kids. We took a long hard look at all
that the federal government has done about drugs in the past:
what's worked, and -- let's be honest -- what hasn't. Too often,
people in government acted as if their part of the problem --
whether its drug production, or drug smuggling, or drug demand --
was the only problem. But turf battles won't win this war.
Teamwork will.
Tonight, I'm announcing a strategy that reflects the
coordinated, cooperative commitment of all our federal agencies.
In short, it is as comprehensive as the problem. With this
strategy, we now finally have a plan that coordinates our
resources, our programs and the people who run them.
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Our weapons in this strategy are: our laws and criminal
justice system; our foreign policy; our treatment systems, and
our schools and drug prevention programs. So the basic weapons
we need are the ones we already have. What has been lacking is a
strategy to effectively use them.
Let me address four of the major elements of our strategy.
*** First, we are determined to enforce the law, to make
our streets and neighborhoods safe. So to start, I'm proposing
that we more than double federal assistance to state and local
law enforcement. Americans have a right to safety in and around
their homes.
And we won't have safe neighborhoods unless we are tough on
drug criminals -- much tougher than we are now. Sometimes that
means tougher penalties. But more often it just means punishment
that is swift and certain. We've all heard stories about drug
dealers who are caught and arrested -- again and again -- but
never punished. Well, here the rules have changed: If you sell
drugs, you will be caught. And when you're caught, you will be
prosecuted. And once you're convicted, you will do time.
Caught. Prosecuted. Punished.
I am also proposing that we enlarge our criminal justice
system across the board -- at the local, state and federal levels
alike. We need more prisons, more jails, more courts, more
prosecutors. So tonight, I'm requesting -- altogether -- an
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almost billion-and-a-half dollar increase in drug-related federal
spending on law enforcement.
And while illegal drug use is found in every community,
nowhere is it worse than in our public housing projects. You
know, the poor have always borne a disproportionate share of
suffering. But in America's past, they weren't mugged on the way
home from work by crack gangs. And their children didn't have to
dodge bullets on the way to school. That is why I'm targeting
fifty-million dollars for public housing projects -- to help
restore order, and to kick out the dealers for good.
*** The second element of our strategy looks beyond our
borders, where the cocaine and crack bought on America's streets
is grown and processed. In Colombia alone, cocaine killers have
gunned down a leading statesman, murdered almost two hundred
judges and seven members of their supreme court. The besieged
governments of the drug-producing countries are fighting back,
fighting to break the international drug rings. But you and I
agree with the courageous President of Colombia, Virgilio ((Veer-
HEEL-leo)) Barco, who said that if Americans use cocaine, then
Americans are paying for murder. American cocaine-users need to
understand that we will not take casual drug use casually. We
have a responsibility not to leave these brave people to fight
alone.
The sixty-five-million dollar emergency assistance announced
two weeks ago was just our first step in assisting the Andean
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nations in their fight against the cocaine cartels. Colombia has
already arrested suppliers, seized tons of cocaine and
confiscated palatial homes of drug lords. But Colombia faces a
long, uphill battle, so we must be ready to do more.
Our strategy allocates a quarter of a billion dollars for
next year in military and law enforcement assistance for the
three Andean nations of Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. This will be
the first part of a five-year, two-billion dollar program to
counter the producers, the traffickers and the smugglers.
I have spoken with President Barco, and we hope to meet with
the leaders of affected countries in an unprecedented drug
summit, all to coordinate an Inter-American strategy against the
cartels. We will ask our allies and friends -- especially our
Economic Summit partners -- to do more in the fight against
drugs. I'm also asking the Senate to ratify the U.N. Anti-Drug
Convention concluded last December.
To stop those drugs on the way to America, I propose that we
spend more than a billion-and-a-half dollars on interdiction, to
help our Coast Guard and Customs agents stop drugs at our
borders.
Our message to the drug cartels is this: the rules have
changed. We will help any government that wants our help. When
requested, and appropriate, we will for the first time make
available the resources, even the personnel, of America's armed
forces. We drug smugglers on the high seas, in
international airspace and at our borders. We will stop the flow
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of chemicals from the United States used to process drugs. We
will pursue and enforce international agreements to track drug
money to the front men and financiers. And then we will handcuff
these money launderers, and jail them -- just like any street
dealer.
*** The third part of our strategy concerns drug treatment.
Experts believe that there are two million American drug users
who may be able to get off drugs with proper treatment. But
right now, only 40 percent of them are actually getting help.
This is simply not good enough.
Many people who need treatment won't seek it on their own.
And some who do seek it are put on a waiting list. Most programs
were set up to deal with heroin addicts. Today, the major
problem is cocaine users. It's time we expand our treatment
systems and do a better job of providing services to those who
need them.
So tonight, I'm proposing an increase of three hundred and
twenty-one million dollars in federal spending on drug treatment.
With this strategy, we will do more. We will work with the
states. We will encourage employers to establish Employee
Assistance Programs to cope with drug use. And, because
addiction is such a cruel inheritance, we will intensify our
search for ways to help expectant mothers who use drugs.
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Fourth, we must stop illegal drug use before it starts.
Unfortunately, it begins early -- for many kids, before their
teens. But it doesn't start the way you might think, from a
dealer or an addict hanging around a school playground. More
often, our kids first get their drugs free, from friends, or even
from older brothers or sisters. Peer pressure spreads drug use.
Peer pressure can help stop it.
I am proposing a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar increase in
federal funds for school and community prevention programs that
help young people -- and adults -- reject enticements to try
drugs. And I'm proposing something else. Every school, college
and university -- and every workplace -- must adopt tough but
fair policies about drug use by students and employees. Those
that will not adopt such policies will not get federal funds.
Period.
The private sector also has a role to play. I spoke with a
businessman named Jim Burke who said he was haunted by the
thought --a nightmare really -- that somewhere in America, at any
given moment, there is a teen-age girl who should be in school,
instead of giving birth to a child addicted to cocaine. So Jim
did something. He led an anti-drug partnership, financed by
private funds, to work with advertisers and media firms. Their
partnership is now determined to work with our strategy by
raising a million dollars in airtime every day for the next three
years -- a billion dollars total. Think of it, a billion dollars
of television time, all to promote the anti-drug message.
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As President, one of my first missions is to keep the
national focus on our offensive against drugs. So next week I
will take the anti-drug message to the classrooms of America in a
special television address, one that I hope will reach every
school, every young American. But drug education doesn't begin
in class or on T.V. It must begin at home. Parents and families
must set the first example of a drug-free life.
)
These are the most important elements in our strategy to
fight drugs. They are all designed to reinforce one another, to
mesh into a powerful whole. To mount an aggressive attack on the
problem from every angle. This is the first time in the history
of our country that we truly have a comprehensive strategy.
As you can tell, such an approach will not come cheaply.
Last February, I asked for a seven-hundred-nillion dollar
increase in the drug budget for the coming year. Now, over the
past six months of careful study, we have found an immediate need
for another billion-and-a-half dollars. With this added 2.2
billion dollars, our 1990 drug-budget totals almost eight billion
dollars -- the largest increase in history.
We need this program fully implemented -- and the money to
pay for it -- right away. The next fiscal year begins just 26
days from now. So tonight I'm asking the Congress -- which has
helped us formulate this strategy -- to help us fund it as well.
We can pay for this fight against drugs without raising
taxes or adding to the budget deficit. We have submitted our
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plan to Congress that shows just how to fund it within the limits
of our bipartisan budget agreement.
I know some will still say that we are not spending enough
money. But those who judge our strategy only by its price tag,
simply don't understand the problem. Let's face it, we've all
seen in the past that money alone won't solve our toughest
problems.
To be strong and efficient, our strategy needs these funds.
But there is no match for a united America, a determined America,
an angry America. Our outrage against drugs unites us, brings us
together behind this one plan of action, an assault on every
front.
This is the toughest domestic challenge we've faced in
decades. And it is a challenge we must face -- not as Democrats
or Republicans, liberals or conservatives -- but as Americans.
The key is a coordinated, united effort. We have responded
faithfully to the request of the Congress to produce our nation's
first national drug strategy. I'll be looking to the Democratic
Majority in Congress for leadership and bipartisan support. And
the
country
derews
cooperation from them, not competition; a national
effort, not a partisan bidding war.
To start, Congress needs not only to act on this national
drug strategy, but also to act on our crime package announced
last May; a package to toughen sentences, beef up law enforcement
and build new prison space for 24,000 inmates.
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And the states need to match tougher federal laws with
tougher laws of their own -- stiffer bail, probation, parole and
sentencing.
And we need your help. If someone people you know are user, s help
them get off drugs. If you are a parent, talk to your children
about drugs -- tonight.
Call your local drug prevention program. Be a Big Brother
or Sister to a child in need. Pitch in with your local
Neighborhood Watch program. Whether you give your time or
talent, everyone counts.
Every employer who bans drugs from the workplace.
Every school that takes a hardnosed stance.
Every neighborhood in which drugs are not welcome.
Finally, every one of you who refuses to look the other way.
Every one of you counts.
our
Of course, victory will take hard work and time. But
together we will win -- too many young lives are at stake.
Not long ago, I read a newspaper story about a little boy
named Dooney, who, until recently, lived in a crack house in a
suburb of Washington, D.C. In Dooney's neighborhood, children
don't flinch at the sound of gunfire. And when they play, they
pretend to sell each other small white rocks they call crack.
Life at home was so cruel that Dooney begged his teachers to
let him sleep on the floor at school. And, when asked about his
future, 6-year-old Dooney says this: "I don't want to sell drugs,
but I will probably have to." ((PAUSE))
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Dooney doesn't have to sell drugs. No child in America
should have to live like this. Together, as a people, we can
save these children. We have already saved countless lives. We
have already transformed a national attitude of tolerance into
one of condemnation. But the war on drugs will be hard-won,
neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, child by child.
If we fight this war as a divided nation, then the war is
lost. ( (Pick up drugs, hold it in front of you) ) But, if we
face this evil as a nation united, this will be nothing but a
handful of useless chemicals. ( (Set drugs down, off camera) )
Victory
((PAUSE)) victory over drugs is our cause, a just
cause, and with your help, justice will prevail.
Thank you, God bless you and good night.
National
Drug Control
Strategy
Executive
Summary
September 1989
Executive Summary
National Drug
Control Strategy
Executive Summary
Most Americans believe that illegal drugs represent the gravest
present threat to our national well-being. The evidence reinforces this
concern:
Crime. Fear of drugs and attendant crime are at an all-time high.
Rates of drug-related homicide continue to rise - sometimes alarm-
ingly - in cities across the country.
Health. The number of drug-related emergency hospital admis-
sions increased by 121 percent between 1985 and 1988, as many as
100,000 babies are born each year to mothers who use drugs, and
intravenous drug use is now the single largest source of new AIDS virus
infections.
The Economy. A U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimate puts
annual gross illegal drug sales at $110 billion - more than our total
gross agricultural income, and more than double the profits enjoyed by
the Fortune 500 companies combined.
Overseas. In many foreign nations the drug trade and drug
inspired violence and corruption are causing serious social, economic,
and political disruption. Trafficking threatens stability and democratic
institutions.
However, there is also some positive news. Recently, the National
Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) released the results of its National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse - the first such national study since
1985. The survey found the number of Americans using any illegal drug
on a "current" basis (i.e., at least once in the 30-day period preceding
the survey) has dropped 37 percent: from 23 million in 1985 to 14.5
million last year.
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The survey tells us that, despite the persistent widespread availa-
bility of illegal drugs, millions of Americans who once used them regu-
larly appear to have given them up altogether. This and other surveys
indicate that many others - young people for the most part - have
chosen not to try drugs in the first place.
But the NIDA survey also found that "frequent" use of cocaine in
any form (i.e., the number of respondents who report ingesting the drug
one or more times each week) is up a shocking 33 percent since 1985.
One word probably explains much of the intensifying drug-related
chaos that we see every day: crack.
There are really two drug wars to be fought. The first is against
"casual" use of drugs, and that is being won. The other, much more
difficult war is against addiction to cocaine, by far the most common
dangerous drug of abuse. On this second front, increasingly located in
our cities, the war is being lost - badly.
To win the drug war it is important first to come to terms with the
drug problem in its essence: drug use. Drug use must be reduced, but
it is necessary to be scrupulously honest about the difficulties that are
faced and set reasonable goals and objectives. In addition, there must
be created something that has never existed before: a comprehensive,
fully integrated national drug control strategy - a strategy with particu-
lar emphasis on attacking the use of crack cocaine.
The Strategy lays out a coordinated plan of attack involving all
basic anti-drug initiatives and agencies. Following the Introduction,
seven chapters examine the "fronts" on which the drug war must be
waged: Criminal Justice; Treatment; Education, Community Action,
and the Workplace; International. Initiatives; Interdiction; Research;
and Intelligence. Each chapter is preceded by a summary of the recom-
mendations contained therein.
Several Appendices are included within the Strategy. Quantified
goals and measures of success, as required by Section 1005(b) of the
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, are set forth in Appendix A. Also included
are implementation plans (Appendix B), recommended State anti-drug
legislation (Appendix C), high-intensity drug trafficking areas (Appendix
D), a plan for improved automatic data processing and management
among Federal drug agencies (Appendix E), and a list of individuals
consulted in writing the Strategy (Appendix F).
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Executive Summary
Several fundamental themes underlie the Strategy, including:
- society has been too permissive of drug use;
- better coordination and management of government efforts is
needed;
- State and local governments should adopt Federal principles of
accountability as a model in developing their anti-drug strate-
gies; and
- efforts should focus heavily on certain aspects of the problem,
such as cocaine.
This is a truly national strategy. It calls upon all sectors of
American society - private (individuals, educators, philanthropic
organizations, businesses, the media, and religious, cultural, and com-
munity organizations) and public (Federal, State, and local govern-
ments) - to combat the drug problem.
What follows is a summary of the key priorities of the National Drug
Control Strategy.
I. CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Overview
The absence of a significant risk of punishment for illegal drug
activity is perhaps the single greatest hindrance to drug reduction
efforts. More predictable, severe sanctions provided by the criminal
justice system will be one of the most powerful forms of drug prevention.
They will make it increasingly difficult to engage in any drug activity
with impunity.
In order to be an effective deterrent, the criminal justice system
must expand to accommodate more people at every point, from arrest
through prosecution, release, and final supervision. This means more
law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, courtrooms, and jails.
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Priorities
Increased Federal funding to States and localities for street-level
drug law enforcement.
Federal funding to States for planning, developing, and imple-
menting alternative sentencing programs for nonviolent drug
offenders, including house arrest and boot camps.
Increased Federal funding for Federal law enforcement activities
(including courts, prisons, prosecutors, and law enforcement offi-
cers); and additional resources targeted on Federal money laun-
dering investigations.
Vigorous prosecution of and increased fines for all misdemeanor
State drug offenses.
Expanded programs to eradicate the domestic marijuana crop.
Adoption by the States of drug-testing programs throughout their
criminal justice systems: for arrestees, prisoners, parolees, and
those out on bail. Adoption of such programs will be a condition
for receipt of Federal criminal justice funds.
Funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to establish security systems for public housing projects,
including tenant identification cards, guards, and security fences.
Establishment of a Supply Reduction Working Group, chaired by
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to carry out the statu-
tory requirement to "coordinate and oversee the implementation
by National Drug Control Program agencies of the policies, objec-
tives, and priorities" defined in the National Drug Control Strat-
egy. This group will consider supply-related drug policy issues
that are interdepartmental in nature. It will not deal with opera-
tional decisions or have line authority or responsibility.
Revision of Federal drug agency personnel evaluation systems,
where appropriate, to add a criterion for career advancement and
reward that emphasizes cooperation among employees within and
across various agencies.
Strong encouragement for States to adopt policies revoking the
drivers licenses of those convicted of a drug offense and recom-
mendation of model drivers license revocation legislation to the
States.
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II. DRUG TREATMENT
Overview
Effective treatment is an important part of the overall strategy to
reduce drug use. Millions of Americans need help to stop using drugs.
Responsible and compassionate public policy requires that our nation's
drug treatment capacity be increased.
Priorities
Increased Federal funds for treatment in order to expand the
number of treatment slots and the range of treatment methods
available.
Greater State, local, and individual treatment program accounta-
bility for effectiveness. Submission of State plans for treatment
resource allocation and systemic improvements will be a condition
for receipt of Federal treatment funds.
Improved coordination among local treatment facilities S0 that
treatment resources and availability match community needs,
and so that drug users are referred to the most appropriate treat-
ment provider.
Improved coordination between treatment facilities and social,
health, and employment agencies in order better to assist those
drug-dependent persons who need services in addition to treat-
ment. Under some circumstances, treatment facilities will be
assisted in the development of their own programs in these areas.
Increased funding of outreach programs and early treatment for
expectant mothers who use drugs.
State and private insurance company coverage of outpatient and
other less intensive forms of treatment for drug use. A thorough
review of Federal policy will be conducted to determine whether
changes in Federal coverage are necessary.
Exploration of ways to increase the use of civil commitment as a
means to bring more drug dependent persons into the treatment
system.
Expanded and improved Federal information collection and re-
search. Priority will be given to describing our current treatment
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capacities and needs; evaluating treatment effectiveness for spe-
cific populations; and developing methods of treatment for cocaine
and crack dependency, cocaine in combination with other sub-
stances, and individuals with both psychiatric and drug prob-
lems.
III. EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ACTION,
AND THE WORKPLACE
Overview
The principal goal of prevention is to see that Americans, especially
children, never start taking drugs. Prevention begins at the local level:
at homes, in schools, and in the community.
The Federal government should galvanize public opinion to make it
clear that illegal use of drugs is wrong and harmful. This includes
support for community drug prevention efforts. Activities should be
targeted at youth; in addition, individuals, parents, and employers must
become involved in drug prevention and education.
Priorities
Implementation of firm drug prevention programs and policies in
schools, colleges, and universities. Such programs and policies
will be a condition of eligibility for receipt of Federal funds.
Development of model alternative school programs for youths with
drug problems. Federal assistance to local education agencies
will promote such development.
Federal support for community-wide drug prevention efforts.
Federal support for development of anti-drug media outreach ac-
tivities that deal with the dangers of using illegal drugs - particu-
larly crack - and with drug-impaired pregnancies.
Creation of a national program to mobilize volunteer efforts to pre-
vent the illegal use of drugs.
Implementation of Executive Order I2564 to ensure a drug-free
Federal workforce.
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Drug-free workplace policies in the private sector and State and
local government, including clear penalties for drug use, and drug
testing where appropriate.
Establishment of a Demand-Reduction Working Group, chaired
by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to carry out the
statutory requirement to "coordinate and oversee the implementa-
tion by National Drug Control Program agencies of the policies,
objectives, and priorities" defined in the National Drug Control
Strategy. This group will consider demand-related drug policy is-
sues that are interdepartmental in nature. It will not deal with
operational decisions or have line authority or responsibility.
IV. INTERNATIONAL
Overview
The international drug trade poses a serious threat to the welfare,
economy, and national security of the United States. The principal
foreign drug threats are cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. Programs are
needed to deter and incapacitate international production and the
trafficking organizations responsible for bringing these drugs into the
United States. Other nations must be motivated to engage their re-
sources and efforts to defeat international narcotics trafficking.
Priorities
Disruption and dismantlement of drug-trafficking organizations.
Reduced cocaine supply. Law enforcement, military, and eco-
nomic assistance will be provided to the three Andean cocaine-
producing countries to isolate major coca-growing areas; to block
delivery of chemicals used for cocaine processing; to destroy co-
caine hydrochloride processing labs; and to dismantle the traffick-
ing organizations. Efforts in transit areas will be improved and
Joint Intelligence Collection Centers will be created in the Carib-
bean Basin.
Reduced heroin supply through efforts to convince other countries
to exert influence on opium growers and reduce heroin processing
and distribution.
Reduced marijuana supply through strengthened foreign law en-
forcement and eradication, and through efforts to discourage
minor producing nations from becoming major producers.
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U.S. assistance and encouragement for European community and
multi-lateral efforts aimed at source country and transit country
production and distribution, and at European consumption. Eu-
ropean community support against international and regional
drug organizations will be enlisted.
Other international objectives:
- Elevation of drugs as a bilateral foreign policy issue.
- U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Illicit
Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, along
with other pending Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties. Other
nations will be urged to ratify the Convention.
- Support for the U.S. foreign aid certification process in order to
achieve more effective supply- and transit-country compliance
with American drug control objectives.
- Bilateral and multi-lateral efforts against international money-
laundering activities.
V. INTERDICTION
Overview
Effective interdiction is critical in the effort to reduce the flow of
drugs. Interdicting illegal drug shipments and intercepting other re-
sources is an important method of attacking the drug trade at home and
abroad. Interdiction should focus not only on drug seizures, but also on
creating serious personal and financial risk for trafficking organizations
and their top level personnel.
Priorities
Development of a comprehensive information-based approach to
Federal air, maritime, land, and Port-of-Entry interdiction.
- Upgraded intelligence support to interdiction, through intensi-
fied interdiction-specific investigations and undercover opera-
tions.
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- Enhanced computer support to interdiction through accelera-
tion of machine readable documentation programs; installation
of document machine readers at appropriate Ports of Entry: and
development of the International Border Interdiction System
(IBIS) and other computerized border information systems.
- Creation of interagency/interdisciplinary teams to analyze and
target smuggling modes, methods, and routes.
Concentration on high-value individuals and shipments.
- Review of existing methods for deterring air smugglers.
- Improved operations aimed at money couriers and shipments.
- Improved container inspection techniques and intelligence.
Enhanced border systems, operations, and activities.
- Dramatically reduced document fraud, especially fraudulent
use of U.S. birth certificates and other "breeder documents."
- Expanded use of drug detection dogs, anti-vehicle barriers, and
container inspections.
- Provision of automatic exclusion authority and general arrest
authority to Immigration and Naturalization Service officers.
- Improved detection and monitoring systems and secure opera-
tions procedures.
- Expanded secure communications systems.
VI. RESEARCH
Overview
The quality of information, research, and technological capabilities
available to implement drug control policies and programs must be
improved. A more up-to-date and flexible data base is needed to refine
and target drug control efforts. Technology must be developed and
adapted to aid in law enforcement. More medical research is also
needed into the causes of and treatment for drug addiction.
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Priorities
Establishment of a Drug Control Research and Development
Committee involving directors of research and evaluation, and
chief technology advisers to all appropriate drug supply and
demand reduction agencies. This committee will:
- Recommend to the Office of National Drug Control Policy poli-
cies and priorities for drug-related research and development;
- Review, monitor, and coordinate Federal research, data collec-
tion, and evaluation activities;
- Eliminate duplication and gaps in current data collection, and
generate accurate and useful information on which to base na-
tional drug control policies; and
- Assist agencies in effectively acquiring and using new technolo-
gies to prevent and treat drug use and to detect and suppress
the flow of illegal drugs and related commodities.
Better and more frequent data collection and analysis, including
flexible, quick-response data collection instruments.
Increased basic and clinical research on drug use and addiction.
Development of new technologies or innovative adaptation of ex-
isting technologies for use against illegal drugs.
Development of a comprehensive information base about "what
works" in controlling drug use through support for public and pri-
vate evaluation of drug enforcement, drug prevention, and drug
treatment programs.
Archived and disseminated information, research, and evaluation
results through an appropriate mechanism that combines preven-
tion, treatment, and criminal justice data.
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VII. INTELLIGENCE
Overview
The war against drugs cannot be fought without comprehensive
collection, analysis, and dissemination of critical information on drug
production and trafficking. To target the traffickers' most vulnerable
points, more information about the enemy must be obtained.
Priorities
Increased intelligence efforts to concentrate on the infrastructure
of trafficking organizations and their allied enterprises, particu-
larly money laundering.
Improved drug automation and information systems to allow
swifter, better, and more cost-effective drug law enforcement,
prosecutions, and interdictions.
Sharing of intelligence developed in the course of investigations
and intelligence operations, and dissemination of finished, ana-
lyzed intelligence to appropriate Federal law enforcement and in-
telligence agencies.
Establishment of an interagency working group chaired by the
Office of National Drug Control Policy to develop plans for an in-
telligence center to unite U.S. drug-related analytical capabilities,
and to improve intelligence capabilities. Results will be presented
to the appropriate Cabinet Council.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
(APPENDIX A)
The Strategy includes comprehensive, research-based, long-range
goals for reducing drug use as well as short-term measurable objectives.
There are nine goals for reducing drug use in two stages of measure-
ment: during the next two years and over the next ten years. Specific
percentage reductions are proposed in the nine categories, including
overall drug use, use of specific drugs, use by certain age groups, and
overall supply reductions.
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FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION and
RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS
(APPENDIX B)
Overview
The National Drug Control Strategy recommends the largest dollar
increase in the history of the drug war - nearly $2.2 billion, 39 percent
above the Fiscal 1989 level. Key funding priorities for Fiscal Year 1990
are to:
Increase assistance to State and local law enforcement;
Expand resources for treatment and prevention programs;
Initiate a major anti-drug campaign in the cocaine source coun-
tries;
Establish order in the nation's public housing projects;
Build more Federal prisons, expand Federal and State courts and
correctional systems, and add more prosecutors;
Step up efforts against money laundering operations;
Expand our knowledge base about drugs and how to fight them
through more research, data collection, and information sharing;
and
Provide sufficient resources to operate and maintain our
border interdiction system.
The following priorities will be added in 1991 and 1992:
Expand inter-agency drug task force operations;
Augment drug intelligence capabilities;
Strengthen the presence of the Border Patrol along the Southwest
border;
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Help the police get people who are driving while under the
influence of drugs off the highways; and
Reduce the amount of marijuana cultivated on American soil.
Major changes over FY 1989 are:
Drug Resources, Fiscal Year 1990
Budget Authority (Millions of Dollars)
Feb 9
Budget
Drug
Feb 9
Plus Drug
Strategy
FY89-
FY89-
FY1989
Budget
Portion of
Sep
FY90 %
FY90 $
Enacted
FY1990*
Crime Bill'
FY1990**
Increase
Increase
Corrections
734
894
1,601
1,601
118%
867
International
250
306
306
449
80%
199
State and Local Grants
150
150
156
350
133%
200
Judiciary
209
242
250
250
20%
41
Other Law Enforcement
2,779
3,018
3,058
3,113
12%
334
Prevention/Education
943
1,041
1,041
1,176
25%
233
Treatment
604
735
735
925
53%
321
Total
5,669
6,386
7,147
7,864
39%
2,195
These columns include resources for the U.S. Court and make other minor adjustments to
the figures presented in the "Building a Better America" document issued in February,
1989.
These columns include the "drug portion" ($0.8 billion) of the President's $1.2 billion crime
initiative announced in May, 1989. The Administration supports enactment of the crime
initiative (The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1989) in its entirety.
The drug portion of prison construction is based on the projected share of drug offenders in
Federal prison at the time the construction is completed. This new methodology reflects more
accurately the likely impact of drug offenses. For consistency with prior years, the historical
prison construction numbers have been adjusted to reflect this new methodology.
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Office of National Drug Control Policy
Executive Office of the President
Washington, D.C. 20500
Office of the Director
Information
Agency
Washington, or 20547
USIA
August 29, 1989
The Honorable Lawrence S, Eagleburger
Deputy Secretary
Department of State
Dear Larry:
The media reaction reports from our European embassies show
a growing awareness of how the drug problem is affecting
Europe. A recent editorial in the Times of London stated last
week that Western Europe is the "cocaine barons' new prime
target. In France the Perisien said that "After Colombia and
the United States, the all-out-war engaged against drug
traffickers is rapidly spreading to Europe."
These and other reactions suggest that we need to mount a
major information effort to Europe. We are presently preparing
a WORLDNET series for Europe on the drug problem with Director
Bennett's Chief of Staff, John Walters, INM's Mel Levitsky, and
DEA Administrator Jack Lawn, But we need to do more to make
high-level Administration officials available to address
international audiences, especially in Western Europe.
Nothing could be more effective than the President himself
in his September 5 speech to the nation reaching directly to
the people of Europe with some kind of friendly warning.
I urge you to bring this sharpening European concern to the
attention of our colleagues attending the Presidential drug
meeting today at Kennebunkport. As you know, we have excellent
media outlets to Europe: our Foreign Press Centers, WORLDNETS,
the VOA, and our Wireless File. We can put them all to use
effectively in support of the President program.
Regards.
Very sincerely,
Bruce
Bruce S. Gelb
Director
AUG 29 '89 16:39
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September 5, 1989
FACT SHEET
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
The National Drug Control Strategy describes a coordinated and
comprehensive plan of attack involving all basic anti-drug
initiatives and agencies. The Strategy recommends the largest
dollar increase in the history of the drug war -- nearly $2.2
billion, 39 percent above the Fiscal 1989 level. Throughout, the
Strategy emphasizes the principle of user accountability -- in
law enforcement efforts focused on individual users; in decisions
regarding sentencing and parole; in school, college, and
university policies regarding the use of drugs by students and
employees; in the workplace; and in treatment.
The Strategy also calls for increased efforts in cocaine source
countries and a more active international campaign by the United
States to engage other nations in the fight against drugs.
Interdiction efforts will be better targeted on key individuals
in the drug organizations and on high-value shipments.
Another major priority is increasing the capacity of the drug
treatment system and making it more accountable for results.
Significant emphasis is also given to providing increased support
for prevention and education efforts aimed at helping young
people and others resist and reject drugs.
The Strategy embodies the following elements:
Expand the criminal justice system
Provide funds for larger police forces, and increased
numbers of jails, prosecutors, and courts.
Develop alternatives for incarceration such as boot
camps to free up jail and prison space.
Require drug testing of prisoners, parolees, and
arrestees.
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Recommend a $2.2 billion increase in drug funding to $7.9 billion
in 1990. The major changes over 1989 are shown on the
following chart:
Drug Resources, Fiscal Year 1990
Budget Authority (Millions of Dollars)
Feb 9
Budget
Drug
Feb 9
Plus Drug
Strategy
FY89-
FY89-
FY1989
Budget
Portion of
Sep
FY90 %
FY90 $
Enacted
FY1990*
Crime Bill**
FY1990**
Increase
Increase
Corrections
734
894
1,601
1,601
118%
867
International
250
306
306
449
80%
199
State and Local Grants
150
150
156
350
133%
200
Judiciary
209
242
250
250
20%
41
Other Law Enforcement
2,779
3,018
3,058
3,113
12%
334
Prevention/Education
943
1,041
1,041
1,176
25%
233
Treatment
604
735
735
925
53%
321
Total
5,669
6,386
7,147
7,864
39%
2,195
These columns include resources for the U.S. Court and make other minor adjustments to
the figures presented in the "Building a Better America" document issued in February,
1989.
**
These columns include the "drug portion" ($0.8 billion) of the President's $1.2 billion crime
initiative announced in May, 1989. The Administration supports enactment of the crime
initiative (The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1989) in its entirety.
The drug portion of prison construction is based on the projected share of drug offenders in
Federal prison at the time the construction is completed. This new methodology reflects more
accurately the likely impact of drug offenses. For consistency with prior years, the historical
prison construction numbers have been adjusted to reflect this new methodology.
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Hold users, whether casual or heavy users, accountable for their
actions
Undertake a vigorous program to eradicate domestically-grown
marijuana
Mobilize communities in the war on drugs
o
Emphasize community-level prevention of drug use before
it starts.
O
Require schools and colleges to implement firm drug-
free policies in order to receive Federal funds.
o
Clean up and secure public housing.
Expand drug-free workplace policies
o
Promote drug-free workplace policies in the private
sector.
O
Recommend testing for job applicants and employers in
safety and sensitive positions.
Aggressively implement Executive Order 12564 to assure
drug-free workplace plans and policies within the
Federal government.
Expand treatment and target services to improve the number of
individuals served and the effectiveness of treatment
O
Hold Federally-funded treatment programs accountable
for their effectiveness by establishing performance
criteria.
O
Require drug testing in treatment programs receiving
Federal funds.
O
Explore expanded use of "civil commitment" whereby
addicts are sent by the courts to residential treatment
facilities.
O
Improve drug treatment services for pregnant women.
Place heavier emphasis on targeted international efforts closer
to production and trafficking sources
O
Elevate the drug issue as a foreign policy priority.
O
Dismantle drug trafficking organizations.
Reduce trafficking profits by focusing increased
efforts on money laundering.
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Take a fresh approach to interdiction
Create interagency and interdisciplinary teams to
analyze and target smuggling modes, methods, and
routes.
Target key individuals and high-value shipments.
Enhance border interdiction systems, operations, and
activities.
Improve the quality of research, information, and technological
capabilities available for drug control efforts
Establish a Federal Drug Control Research and
Development Committee.
Develop a more current and flexible information base.
Improve coordination of Federal anti-drug policy and intelligence
support
Establish interagency working groups chaired by the
Office of National Drug Control Policy to coordinate
supply and demand reduction efforts.
Establish an interagency working group chaired by the
Office of National Drug Control Policy to develop plans
for an intelligence center to unite U.S. drug-related
analytical capabilities, and to improve intelligence
capabilities.
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TALKING POINTS
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
On September 5, President Bush announced the
Administration's National Drug Control strategy.
Comprehensive strategy: This is the first such national
strategy to end the evil of drug use and drug trafficking, a
fully integrated approach that is an assault on every front.
The President's strategy addresses all the elements
necessary to an effective strategy: school and drug
prevention programs, our treatment system, our laws and
criminal justice system, and our foreign policy.
Coordinated Approach: Jurisdictional and "turf" problems
have slowed past anti-drug efforts. Therefore, President
Bush has emphasized the need for a coordinated national
effort. This means federal, state and local levels must
work together. At the federal level, with the leadership of
the Director of National Drug Control Policy, William
Bennett, strong interagency cooperation has already
resulted.
Bipartisan Consensus: Americans agree that the gravest
domestic threat facing the country today is drugs. The
President is looking to the leadership in Congress for
bipartisan support in the implementation of his strategy,
and is looking to the grass-roots support of America's
communities in the fight against drugs.
Call to Action: President Bush is issuing an urgent call to
action to all Americans to support this national strategy.
He challenges every citizen to make a personal commitment to
help in the fight against drug abuse.
The evidence suggests that the drug problem is a grave threat:
Good and Bad News: The National Institute on Drug Abuse's
recently released national survey of drug use (the first
since 1985) indicates that number of Americans using any
illegal drug on a "current" basis has dropped 37 percent.
That means that almost nine million Americans have given up
"casual" drug use. Among the more than eight million people
who used cocaine at all in the past year, almost one million
of them used it once a week or more. So while overall
cocaine use is down, habitual cocaine use has almost
doubled.
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Crime: Fear of drugs and attendant crime are at an all-time
high. Rates of drug-related homicide continue to rise --
sometimes alarmingly -- in cities around the country.
Health: The number of drug-related emergency hospital
admissions increased by 121 percent between 1985 and 1988,
and hundreds of thousands of babies are born each year to
mothers who use drugs.
The Economy: A U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimate puts annual
gross drug sales at $100 billion -- more than our total
gross agricultural income, and more than double the profits
enjoyed by the Fortune 500 companies combined.
Overseas: In many foreign nations, the drug trade and the
violence and corruption that go with it are causing serious
social, economic, and political disruption. Trafficking
threatens stability and democratic institutions.
The National Drug Control Strategy:
Enforcement: The Administration's enforcement strategy is
based upon this principle: If you sell drugs, you will be
caught; when caught you will be prosecuted; and if
convicted, you will do time.
-- The criminal justice system will be enlarged across the
board, at the local, state and federal levels.
-- The Administration is requesting a $1.4 billion
increase in drug-related federal spending on law
enforcement, including a 133 percent increase -- or
$200 million -- in federal assistance to state and
local law enforcement.
-- President Bush is seeking $50 million through the
Department of Housing and Urban Development to restore
order in hard-hit public housing projects by kicking
dealers out for good.
O
International Interdiction: The international drug trade
poses a serious threat to the welfare, economy and national
security of the United States.
--
$1.5 billion dollars will be requested for interdiction
efforts, especially for continued support of our Coast
Guard and Customs agents to stop drugs at our borders.
-- $260 million in military and law enforcement assistance
for next year will be sought for Colombia, Bolivia and
Peru, the first part of a five-year, $2 billion program
to fight drug producers, traffickers and smugglers.
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-- President Bush is seeking a drug summit with Western
Hemisphere nations, to coordinate an Inter-American
strategy against the cartels, and will negotiate
international agreements to track drug money and punish
money laundering.
Treatment: Experts believe that there are two million
American drug users who can be helped by well-designed,
existing programs, yet only 40 percent of them are actually
getting the help they need.
-- A 53 percent increase, of $321 million, will be sought
in Federal spending on drug treatment programs that
work.
-- The federal government will work with states to better
coordinate the drug treatment system, and will
encourage employers to establish Employee Assistance
Programs that cover drug use.
-- Research will be expanded in the search for improved
methods to break cocaine and crack addiction, and
treatment efforts will be targeted on expectant mothers
and crack babies.
Education and Prevention: We must stop drug abuse before it
starts. The President is proposing:
-- Education and prevention programs in schools and
communities will be increased by $233 million.
-- The President called on every school, college,
university, and workplace to adopt tough, fair anti-
drug policies.
-- President Bush will be addressing American
schoolchildren in a special televised address, to
discuss the war on drugs.
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DEMAND VS. SUPPLY
QUESTION:
How have you divided your budget between "supply" vs. "demand"
programs?
ANSWER:
O
The "simple" answer to your question is about 73 percent for
supply reduction, and about 27 percent for demand reduction.
O
But let me comment on the question and elaborate on the
answer.
Often, law enforcement resources are viewed entirely as
supply reduction in nature and only those resources that are
directly spent on education or treatment activities are
considered demand reduction.
A supply/demand distinction that looks only at the bottom
line of the budget overlooks a very important residual
impact of supply side programs. Many law enforcement
activities have a profound impact on demand reduction, and
are so intended. When a juvenile is arrested and punished
for illegal drug use it sends a message to his friends and
schoolmates that will deter them from drug use. When users
are held accountable for their actions many people will be
persuaded never to try drugs in the first place or to stop.
Thus, while 73 percent of the budget's "bottom line" is for
supply reduction programs, a large portion of this funding
will have an impact on and is aimed at reducing demand.
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Further, supply reduction activities are inherently
expensive (cars, aircraft, and prisons are all very costly),
whereas many demand reduction activities rely less on
capital outlays and more on community involvement and
individual commitment (e.g., getting schools to treat drug
abuse seriously doesn't require a budget line item).
O
Lastly, many of the supply reduction activities can only be
done by the Federal government (international activities and
interdiction operations, for example), whereas most of the
demand reduction efforts can and should be shared in by
State and local governments, our schools, churches, and
communities.
Prepared by F. Kalder
BALANCE BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND RESOURCES
QUESTION:
How did you reach the conclusion that this was the appropriate
balance between supply and demand?
ANSWER:
I; started by asking the question, "What would make people
stop using drugs?" The conclusion I reached, after months
of looking at the problem and talking with hundreds of
experts, was two-fold: reduce the easy access to drugs and
increase people's motivation to stay away from drugs.
To reduce the availability of drugs, we have proposed an
ambitious international initiative and other enhancements to
the Federal law enforcement program.
To increase people's motivation to become or stay drug-
free, we are proposing increases for traditional prevention
and treatment activities and increases for State and local
law enforcement grants, Federal prison construction and
prosecutions to increase the likelihood that drug users will
be held accountable for their drug use, and thereby be
deterred from further drug use.
Prepared by F. Kalder
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DRUG DEMAND
QUESTION
We could solve the drug problem if people just stopped buying
drugs. Why spend large sums on police and interdiction when we
could just stop the problem through prevention and treatment
programs?
ANSWER
We need to deal with both the supply and demand side of the
equation. It is harder for users to stop while drugs are
easily available. We must attempt to reduce the supply
because fewer people will be able to use drugs when drugs
are less available.
Good law enforcement deters demand. For the so-called
casual user, creating a real cost of present drug use is a
true deterrent to future demand. And for the addicted user,
who may resort to a life of crime to support his habit, the
certainty of punishment may finally lead to an acceptance of
personal responsibility and a motivation to enter treatment.
In addition, law abiding citizens are entitled to live
without fear of drug-related violence. When drug dealers
move into a neighborhood, it is incumbent on local
government to provide necessary levels of police protection.
Reducing drug availability makes it easier to prevent drug
use from ever starting. By making it harder to obtain
drugs, we increase the effectiveness of prevention programs.
TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL
QUESTION
The Strategy doesn't emphasize or even talk about the most
dangerous drugs in America, alcohol and tobacco. At the same
time, cocaine and crack are special targets for the Strategy.
Why?
ANSWER
Many Surgeons General have emphasized the dangers of alcohol
and tobacco, and the use of both is falling. However, we
must remember that alcohol and tobacco are not controlled
substances.
The greatest current dangers are cocaine and crack. These
are especially addictive and increasingly popular drugs.
For example, the period between first use and addiction for
cocaine is extraordinarily short, and there are few simple
strategies for treatment; there are fewer for crack although
there is hope. At the same time, emergency room visits and
deaths from cocaine and crack have risen very steeply.
As a result, cocaine and crack are special targets for the
Strategy if we are to win the war on drugs.
USER ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS
QUESTION
Your Strategy heavily emphasizes the notion of "user
accountability." Is this primarily a criminal justice priority?
ANSWER
No. In addition to the criminal justice aspects, there are "user
accountability" provisions throughout the entire Strategy.
Criminal Justice
Stiffer penalties for drug dealers and violent offenders.
Military-style boot camps for young, non-violent, first-time
offenders.
Denial of Federal benefits for convicted offenders.
Drug-testing probationers and parolees, and re-
incarcerating those with "dirty" urines.
Sanctions for casual users:
-- Fines.
-- Forfeitures of cars or other property.
-- Publication of names in local newspapers.
-- Suspension of driver's license.
-- Notification of employer.
-- Overnight or weekend detention.
-- Eviction from public housing.
Sanctions for young people:
-- Postponement of eligibility for driver's license.
-- Weekends of community service.
Drug Treatment
Random urinalysis of users in treatment.
Sanctions for those who test positive:
-- Denial of methadone.
-- Transfer to a more structured program.
-- Loss of job.
-- Loss of weekend passes.
-- Loss of visiting privileges.
Education and Workplace
Sanctions for students:
-- Suspension from school.
-- Notification of parents.
-- Mandatory drug abuse counseling.
Workplace:
-- Drug testing.
-- Employee assistance programs.
-- Referral to treatment programs.
-- Suspension or termination of employment.
TREATMENT ON DEMAND
QUESTION
Do you favor treatment on demand?
ANSWER
More treatment slots should be available, and the Strategy
recommends substantial increases in Federal aid for
treatment. However, I believe that those who can afford to
pay for treatment should be required to pay.
In addition, "treatment on demand" puts the addict
completely in the driver's seat, with all decisions about
when to start and when to stop completely up to him. Such
programs often result in "revolving door" treatment where
addicts don't go to treatment to end addiction but to reduce
their habit to more manageable proportions. That is not
adequate treatment.
NUMBER TO BE HELPED BY DRUG TREATMENT
QUESTION
Why do you think that only 2 million of the 4 million people with
serious drug problems could be helped by treatment?
ANSWER
The 4 million estimate is based on the number of serious
drug users in 1988 who used drugs more than 200 times in a
year.
The estimate of 2 million out of 4 million is based on prior
professional judgments by clinicians who work with drug
addicts, and the Strategy calls for additional research SO
we learn know more exactly what treatment works best for
which people.
Clinicians believe that about one quarter of drug users will
stop when sanctions are increased and one quarter of addicts
are not likely to benefit from treatment.
TREATMENT WAITING LISTS
QUESTION
Why are there waiting lists at some treatment facilities while
others have room for patients? How will your Strategy reduce
waiting lists?
ANSWER
Treatment facilities today may not be located in the
neighborhoods where need is greatest. They may not offer
the type of treatment needed in the particular community.
Appropriate coordination in the treatment system is overdue.
That is why the Strategy calls for greater coordination
among local treatment facilities so that treatment resources
and availability match community needs.
The Strategy recommends changes in both the quantity and
quality of drug treatment. We call for increases in Federal
support to treatment in order to expand the number of
treatment slots and the range of treatment methods
available. The Strategy calls for about $700 million in
1990 Federal support for treatment. If State and local
funding and third-party payment continue in their present
pattern, the number of treatment slots will more than double
compared to 1987, the latest year for which we have data.
In addition, the Strategy calls for improved coordination at
the State and local level so that treatment availability
matches community need.
Further, the strategy recommends changes in Federal funding
to hold treatment programs accountable for their
effectiveness. We support more treatment slots that work.
TREATMENT SLOTS
QUESTION
How many treatment slots are there, and how many people need
treatment? How many slots will there be if your funding proposal
is accepted? How many of these slots will be provided by the
Federal government?
ANSWER
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How Federal funds work:
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The Federal government does not fund treatment slots,
except for those in VA and Department of Defense
hospitals. Direct Federal support for drug treatment
in States and localities flows primarily through block
grant and other program support to State governments.
The States then channel these Federal funds, together
with funds of their own, to localities or directly to
treatment facilities, to use for the programs and
patients they deem appropriate.
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At the treatment facility level funds are pooled. How
much Federal money will be used for a given patient in
a given treatment slot depends on the cost of treatment
at the particular facility, the type of treatment, the
type of patient, and whether the patient has insurance
coverage, Medicaid coverage, or pays a fee for
treatment. [NOTE: This is like Chapter 1 of
Elementary and Secondary Education]. Thus, Federal
support helps to pay for treatment across the whole
range of slots in the entire treatment system.
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Number of Slots:
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that in
October 1987 there were 338,365 treatment slots and
263,510 drug clients, at a total cost of approximately
$1.3 billion. Federal support for treatment was almost
$300 million.
We recommend Federal funding for treatment in 1990 of about
$700 million, more than doubling Federal funding for
treatment in inflation-adjusted dollars compared to 1987.
If the previous pattern of State and local funding,
insurance, other third-party coverage holds, this new
funding level would more than double the treatment capacity,
compared to 1987, to about 700,000 treatment slots.
COST OF TREATING COCAINE USER
QUESTION
What is the range of costs, and what is the average cost, of
treating a cocaine user?
ANSWER
Our current cost information on the national treatment
system (the NDATUS survey from NIDA) does not separate
treatment costs for cocaine from costs of other drug
treatment.
There is information on the average cost of treatment slots
from facilities that provide only a single type of
treatment. In 1987, these costs ranged from approximately
$2,000 per year for outpatient slots to $28,000 per year for
inpatient slots.
The average annual cost per filled slot was approximately
$5,000 in 1987.
The average cocaine user in treatment is likely to have
outpatient treatment. NIDA indicates that those slots cost
approximately $2,000 per year; however, that figure may be
low.
FUNDING INCREASES FOR PREVENTION AND EDUCATION
QUESTION:
You are requesting an additional $233 million for prevention and
education in 1990. What will these funds be used for?
ANSWER:
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Almost one-half of these funds will be used by
HHS/ADAMHA for drug prevention grants and for research.
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The remaining funds will be used by other agencies
including ED for the Drug Free Schools and Communities
program, HUD for the Public Housing Drug Elimination
program, and OJP for the Drug Control and System
Improvement program.
prepared by DW Kade, 8/25
DRUG TESTING - WORKPLACE
QUESTION
What should happen to employees who test positive in the
workplace for drug use?
ANSWER
People who test positive for drugs should be offered
assistance, but also face sanctions. Assistance may take
the form of a formalized employee assistance program (EAPs)
or it may constitute referral to available community
resources.
Employers should take appropriate personnel action against
employees who refuse voluntary treatment or who are repeat
offenders. Appropriate action could include immediate
suspension or termination or mandatory completion of a drug
treatment program.
EAPs can benefit both employers and employees. In the
private sector, over 31 percent of all American workers are
currently employed by companies with EAPS. These plans
deter drug use, keep the workplace safe, and help employees
who have problems by referring them to treatment,
counseling, and rehabilitation.
The EAP is an important component of the Federal drug-free
workplace plans, required by Executive Order 12564. Our
strategy recommends that each Federal agency fully implement
these plans by April 5, 1990.
WAR ON DRUGS - THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE
QUESTION
What is the overall role of intelligence in the war on drugs and
have we been effective in using our existing intelligence
resources in the war?
ANSWER
No war can be fought -- much less won -- without good
intelligence. As we wage our war on drugs, we must
have the best available information about our
adversaries and the field of battle itself. The role
of intelligence is to give us the infor: tion we need
about our enemy -- so we can better understand how he
thinks, what he can and can't do, and how he might
respond to our attack.
To consistently attack drug traffickers where it will
do the most good, we must know much more about them
than we do now. We must know how their infrastructure
is organized and where the most vulnerable points of
that structure are found. This could include where
they base their operations, how they provide for
security and intelligence gathering, who they control,
who controls them, how they move and launder their
profits, who their enemies are, and where their
strengths and weaknesses lie.
Past efforts have not been as successful as they could
have been. Change is needed. This does not mean
simply spending more money - it means using all our
resources in coordinated and imaginative ways. We must
expand and improve our intelligence network and better
use our vast intelligence resources to stay one step
ahead of the cartels and trafficking organizations - we
must be quicker and smarter than they are. They are
our enemies, and we need to make it clear to them that
they are in a war they cannot win against a foe that
will not quit.
FUNDING -- INTERNATIONAL
QUESTION:
You are requesting $448.5 million for international activities in
FY 1990. What will these funds be used for?
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The FY 1990 $448.5 million proposed for international
counter-narcotics activities represents an increase of
$198.5 million, or 79% over the level for FY 1989.
These funds will support the activities of DOD, DEA, the
Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics
Matters (INM), AID, INTERPOL, USIA, the FBI, and the U.S.
Marshals Service. It will also provide other types of
foreign assistance to cooperating drug producing countries.
Funding highlights are:
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$136.8 million in FY 1990 DOD funds will support a
comprehensive multi-year counter-narcotics effort in
the three principal cocaine producing countries.
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For DEA $118.3 million in FY 1990 funds will permit the
expansion of foreign drug suppression/enforcement
programs in source countries as well as support the
international initiative.
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$115 million intended for State's INM will allow for
enhanced enforcement and eradication, especially in the
cocaine-producing countries of South America.
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With $4.8 million in FY 1990 funds, AID will support
narcotics control objectives through targeted
development assistance, and narcotics awareness and
administration of justice programs.
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INTERPOL will use $1.1 million of FY 1990 funds to
facilitate drug-related international law enforcement
cooperation by providing enhancements for
telecommunications improvements that will significantly
increase the speed and accuracy with which cases and
investigative material is processed.
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For USIA, $1 million in FY 1990 funds will support
drug-related diplomacy programs in their overseas
missions and Voice of America broadcasts.
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$0.5 million for the FBI will facilitate the targeting
of major international drug trafficking organizations
and international money laundering investigations.
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE INTERDICTION PROGRAM
QUESTION
Why doesn't the Strategy recommend additional funds for
interdiction?
ANSWER:
For many years, Federal drug control resources were
concentrated on drug law enforcement, primarily for
interdiction and investigations. The strategy seeks to
provide a balance to the drug control program by now
concentrating more resources on the demand side, for
prevention and education, on going to the source countries,
and on street-level law enforcement.
Interdiction received the lion's share of the increase in
resources in recent years for drug law enforcement, a full
64 percent of the $1.2 billion increase in drug law
enforcement resources between 1986 and 1989.
Evidence suggests interdiction alone will not win the war on
drugs. The supply of illegal drugs entering the country
continues to grow and drug prices continue to drop despite
increased seizures by law enforcement agencies. This
suggests that our interdiction successes are having only a
limited impact on the drug traffickers.
Moreover, recent experience demonstrates that smugglers
adapt to efforts to prevent them from exporting drugs to our
country. Responding to a vigorous air interdiction effort,
the drug threat has shifted from the air to the land borders
and containerized cargo. For this reason, we are
recommending increases for the Customs Service and Border
Patrol.
We do not believe that increased investments in interdiction
are warranted at this time. Past investments in detection
and monitoring assets are only now coming on line and we
should evaluate their efficacy before investing in other
systems. The Strategy supports the operation of these
assets to full advantage so as to not leave our borders
unprotected.
Prepared by: John Carnevale
FUNDING FOR THE AEROSTAT NETWORK
QUESTION
Why didn't you recommend funding to complete the aerostat network
already so close to completion?
ANSWER:
The Strategy supports completion of the fixed and mobile
detection network along our Southern border.
By our accounting, not much more remains to be done. The
National Drug Policy Board called for a total of 16
aerostats along the Southern border. Twelve of these are
already fully funded. The relocation of one more should be
completed in FY 1990. The three remaining aerostats (two in
the Gulf and one in the Caribbean) may be funded in FY 1990
using funds appropriated to DoD for detection and
monitoring.
BACKGROUND: According to the National Drug Policy Board's Air
Interdiction Strategy, sixteen aerostats are planned for the
Southern border. Six aerostats are along the Southwest border,
five are planned for the Gulf, and five for the Caribbean. This
strategy is almost fully implemented.
The six on the Southwest border are fully funded and all
will be operational by the end of calendar year 1989.
Two aerostats are funded in the Gulf and will be operational
by the end of calendar year 1990. A third is being
relocated (from Patrick AFB to Venice, FL) and may also be
operational during 1990. The status of the remaining two is
uncertain but could be funded by DoD with 1990 funds.
Two of the five Caribbean aerostats are operational, a third
will be operational this December, and a fourth in February.
The status of the fifth is uncertain.
DoD has lead agency responsibility for detection and monitoring.
It is developing a project plan for 1990, which will likely
determine the outcome of the remaining unfunded aerostats.
Prepared by: John Carnevale
DoD INTERDICTION BUDGET
QUESTION
The Strategy recommends a total of $568 million for DOD in 1990.
What will these funds be used for?
ANSWER
of the total $568 million planned for DoD in 1990, $313
million will be used to continue DoD's interdiction efforts,
$137 million will be used for international efforts, and
$118 million will be used for prevention and treatment.
The resources planned for interdiction are for intelligence
upgrades, for moving an aerostat from Cape Canaveral to
Venice, Florida, for national guard operations, and for
other anti-drug initiatives.
The $137 million proposed will provide military assistance
to certain governments in cocaine-producing countries.