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GAO-12-744R 1 (2012-07-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacgge0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountabiliy - Integrity - Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 July 6, 2012 The Honorable Dianne Feinstein Chairman The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Co-Chairman Caucus on International Narcotics Control United States Senate Subject: Drug Control: Initial Review of the National Strategy and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs An estimated 22.6 million Americans aged 12 or older were illicit drug users in 2010, representing 8.9 percent of the population aged 12 or older, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.1 This represents the highest overall rate of illicit drug users among this population group since 2002, when the rate was 8.3 percent. Abuse of illicit drugs results in significant social, public health, and economic consequences for the United States. For example, the economic impact of illicit drug use, including the costs of crime, health care, and lost productivity, was estimated at more than $193 billion in 2007, the most recent year for which data were available.2 The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was established by the Anti- Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to, among other things, enhance national drug control planning and coordination and represent the drug policies of the executive branch before Congress.3 In this role, ONDCP provides advice and governmentwide oversight of drug programs and is responsible for coordinating drug control activities, 1Illicit drug use includes marijuana, hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. See Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings (Rockville, Md.: September 2011). 2See Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center, The Economic Impact of Illicit Drug Use on American Society (Washington, D.C.: April 2011). 3pub. L. No. 100-690, §§ 1002, 1003, 102 Stat. 4181, 4182. This law, as amended, was repealed on September 30, 1997, by Pub. L. No. 100-690, § 1009, 108 Stat. 1995 (1994). Congress again established ONDCP effective October 21,1998. Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, Pub. L. No.105-277, div. C, title VII, §§ 703, 704, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-671, 2681-672 (codified as amended at 21 U.S.C. §§ 1701 to 1712) (provisions pertaining to referenced functions codified as amended at 21 U.S.C. §§ 1702 and 1703). Pursuant to § 715 of this law (codified as amended at 21 U.S.C. § 1712), provisions relating to ONDCP were repealed effective September 30, 2010. However, ONDCP has continued to operate pursuant to continued funding provided by Congress. Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Pub. L. No. 112-10,125 Stat. 38 (2011), and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Pub. L. No. 112- 74, 125 Stat. 786 (2012). GAO-12-744R Drug Control

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