Police and drug control

a home field advantage

by John E. Eck

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Published 1989 by Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D.C .
Written in

Places:

• United States.
Subjects:

• Drug control -- United States.,
• Drug abuse -- United States.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26).

Statement	John E. Eck.
Series	A PERF discussion paper
Classifications
LC Classifications	HV5825 .E27 1989
The Physical Object
Pagination	iii, 26 p. :
Number of Pages	26
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL2223893M
LC Control Number	89062596

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The Kentucky State Police, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, Alcohol Beverage Control, and other state agencies are understaffed due to attrition and/or funding. Specialized units exist within the state police to focus on drug-related crimes, but staffing levels preclude concentrated efforts. International Drug Control Policy: Background and U.S. Responses Congressional Research Service 1 Background Illegal drugs refer to narcotic, psychotropic, and related substances whose production, sale, and use are restricted by domestic law and international drug control agreements.1 Common illegal.

Police take money from the drug bust and line their pockets with it. The number of known federal, state and local law enforcement officers in prison has increased five fold from to ; imprisoned in to a high of in (Nelson, Jack and Ronald J. Ostrow, “Illegal Drug Scene Spurs Rise in Police Corruption”). Drug control The world drug problem remains a looming concern. According to the World Drug Report , million people suffer from drug use disorders, and markets are characterized by the. The Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of and increased funding for treatment and rehabilitation; the act created the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Its director, often referred to as the drug "czar," is responsible for coordinating national drug control policy.

U.S. drug policy is based on a punitive logic of deterrence that assumes that targeting the drug supply through aggressive law enforcement will deter drug use by making drugs scarcer, more expensive, and riskier to buy. Federal drug control spending jumped from $ billion in to . The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is a component of the Executive Office of the President which works to reduce drug use and its consequences by leading and coordinating the. background of drug enforcement in the United States including how drugs came under the control of federal justice authorities and how legislation and administrative actions changed domestic drug enforcement. It then provides a brief overview of drug enforcement .