Government Publications on Drugs and Drug Policy

  Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy.

Revised and Updated. This is a list of the major studies of drug policy done over the last 100 years or so. Quite an interesting place to start your reading.

  Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics   Local Copy - 1995 Edition

The master reference for statistics on the criminal justice system in the United States.  This is the Federal Government's collection of nationwide statistics on law enforcement, criminal courts, jails, and prisons.

Excerpt from the 1994 Crime Bill

Calling for the establishment of a commission to study the drug problem. This clause was inserted into the Crime Bill as a result of the Resolution for a Federal Commission on Drug Policy (Hoover Resolution).

Drug Corruption and the Federal Government - A list of current Congressional Reports on the topic.

UNICOR - Prison Industries Web Site

The Contras and Cocaine - Selections from the Kerry Committee Document on Drugs, Law Enforcement, and Foreign Policy.

MKULTRA - Papers from the 1977 Congressional Hearings on the CIA experiments with LSD in the 1950s.

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Department of Justice Reports

DOJ Reports

Psychoactive Substances and Violence - DOJ Report - Feb, 1994

This Department of Justice report was a search and summary of all of the existing evidence on the relationship between drugs and violence. The report found that alcohol was the only drug which had any real connection to drug-induced violence. Nearly all of the violence associated with illegal drugs was a result of the fact that the drugs are illegal, not as a result of pharmacological effects.

Past and Future Directions of the D.A.R.E. Program: An Evaluation Review, (380K - big file) Draft Final Report by Research Triangle Institute September 1994

This is the study done by the Research Triangle Institute to evaluate the effectiveness of the DARE drug-education program in the schools. The basic conclusion was that DARE was highly popular with both police and the school officials, but had no real effect on long-term drug use.

Drug Courts: Information on a New Approach to Address Drug-Related Crime

Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse - Research Summary, March, 1994 (PDF File)

Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities - November, 1995 (PDF File)

The Systems Approach to Crime and Drug Prevention: A Path to Community Policing, September, 1993 (PDF File)

Street Gangs and Drug Sales in Two Suburban Cities - July, 1995 (PDF File)

Organized Crime Narcotics Trafficking Enforcement Program - Fact Sheet, November, 1995 (PDF File)

The Manhattan District Attorney's Narcotics Eviction Program - May, 1995 (PDF File)

Keeping Drug Activity Out of Rental Property: Establishing Landlord Training Programs - November, 1995 (PDF File)

Policing Drug Hot Spots - January, 1996 (PDF File)

Fact Sheet: Drug-Related Crime - September, 1994  (PDF File)

Fact Sheet: Drug Data Summary - June 1995 (PDF File)

The DARE Program: A Review of Prevalence, User Satisfaction, and Effectiveness - October, 1994 (PDF File)

MultiAgency Response to Clandestine Drug Laboratories - November, 1995  (PDF File)

Developing a Strategy for a MultiAgency Response to Clandestine Drug Laboratories - June, 1993  (PDF File)

A Corrections-Based Continuum of Effective Drug Treatment - June, 1996  (PDF File)

A Criminal Justice System Strategy for Treating Cocaine-Heroin Abusing Offenders in Custody

DRUG OFFENSES ACCOUNT FOR A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF JAIL INMATES - Dept. of Justice Press Release1990

Drug Courts: Proposed Rule by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GREW ALMOST 9 PERCENT LAST YEAR - Press Release 8-9-95

STATE AND FEDERAL PRISON POPULATION TOPS ONE MILLION

THE NATION'S CORRECTIONAL POPULATION TOPS 5 MILLION - 8/27/95

Drug Enforcement by Police, 1990

Federal Convictions of Public Officials, 1970 - 1988 Chart -- Excerpted from THE ECONOMICS OF PROHIBITION, by Mark Thornton. Reference Source: USDoJ "Report to Congress on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section"

System-Wide Strategies to Relieve Jail Overcrowding

Survey of the Marijuana Situation in the Miami Field Office of the DEA - December, 1998

Problem-Oriented Drug Enforcement - October, 1993

National Institute of Justice Reports

TESTING HAIR FOR ILLICIT DRUG USE NIJ, Research in Brief, January 1993

PREVENTING ILLEGAL DIVERSION OF CHEMICALS: NIJ Research in Brief, November 1993

"Boot Camp" Drug Treatment and Aftercare Interventions: An Evaluation Review, by Ernest L. Cowles, Ph.D., Thomas C. Castellano, Ph.D., and Laura A. Gransky, M.S. Series: NIJ Research in Brief Published: July 1995

Youth, Violence, Guns, and Illicit Drug Markets - June, 1996

Childhood Victimization and Risk for Alcohol and Drug Arrests - Series: NIJ Research Preview Published: November 1995

Bureau of Justice Statistics Reports

Bureau of Prisons Home Page

Bureau of Prisons Facts Page -- Basic stats about the Federal prison system (does not include stats on state prisons or jails.

Highlights of the Crime Problem, 1993

DRUGS AND CRIME FACTS, 1994

Prisoners in 1990

Prisoners in 1992

Jail Inmates 1992

Prisoners in 1994

Jails and Jail Inmates 1993-94: Census of Jails and Survey of Jails

Drug Enforcement and Treatment in Prisons, 1990

Correctional Populations in the United States 1980 - 1993 Executive Summary

Violent Crime: National Crime Victimization Survey -- April 1994, NCJ-147486

Drug Enforcement Administration Reports

DEA Home Page - Not much there, really. Just their copy of the publication below.

How to Hold Your Own In A Drug Legalization Debate, by the DEA, November, 1994

This booklet was the result of the DEA's emergency conference in August, 1994, in which they tried desperately to find some way to keep from getting their butts kicked when they engaged in public debates on drug policy. It is a direct response to the Persuasive Strategies, and borrows from the Persuasive Strategies on several occasions.

Reply to the DEA's book "How To Hold Your Own In a Drug Legalization Debate"

In this section, I go through the arguments the DEA has raised in their book and examine them in detail against the Federal Government's own evidence on the subject. In addition to missing the point, the DEA is not telling the truth.

DEA Charts on Worldwide Cocaine and Heroin Production and Seizures -- These are the official DEA charts of worldwide cocaine and heroin production and seizures.

U.S. DRUG THREAT ASSESSMENT: 1993 DRUG INTELLIGENCE REPORT - DEA - September, 1993 This is a rather long document which is a comprehensive summary of the DEA's view of the threat from drugs.

COCA CULTIVATION AND COCAINE PROCESSING: AN OVERVIEW -- DEA - September 1993 This report is the DEA's overview of the cocaine industry.

The DEA Official Seal -- This is a GIF file of the DEA's official seal.

International Drug Trafficking Organizations in Mexico - Statement by: Thomas A. Constantine, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Before the: Senate Foreign Relations Committee - August 8, 1995

National Institute on Drug Abuse

The Facts on Needle Exchange - Previously unreleased Federal Government documents, plus background materials, on the facts about needle exchange programs.

Drugs and Violence: Causes, Correlates, and Consequences, (Very Big -- 600K!) NIDA Research Monograph 103 - 1990, For a shorter analysis, with essentially the same results, see Psychoactive Substances and Violence, above.

National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information

NCADI Home Page

Contains information such as the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Reports, the Household Survey on Drug Abuse, and other information. While the information contained in these surveys is significant, it needs to be viewed carefully in light of the problems which are encountered with any attempt to collect information on illegal activities. In addition, when such information is reported to the media, the government officials releasing the information will tend to make up press reports which are misleading, to say the least, when compared with the full text of the reports. Readers of these reports should read them carefully to determine the difference between the press release and the details of the report, and they should also refer to the problems in collecting accurate data, discussed in the GAO report, Drug Use Measurement.

General Accounting Office Document Page

Other Government Publications

Consult with America: A Look at How Americans View the Country's Drug Problem - poll by the Gallup Organization for the ONDCP - March, 1996 (PDF File)

Fact Sheet - Drug Use Trends - June, 1995  (PDF File)

The Effectiveness of Treatment for Drug Abusers Under Criminal Justice Supervision - 1995 (PDF File)

The Clinton Administration's Internal Reviews of Needle Exchange Research

RESPONDING TO DRUG USE AND VIOLENCE: HELPING PEOPLE, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES A Directory and Resource Guide of Public and Private Sector Drug Control Grants

MARIJUANA USE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF

This is a press release on the recent rise in marijuana use.

PRESS BRIEFING BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, DR. LEE BROWN February 9, 1994 -- Lee Brown touting the Clinton Administration's new plan for the same old failures. Typical political BS.

AIDS CZAR KRISTINE GEBBIE COMMENDS DRUG CZAR FOR NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY - February 9, 1994

No sooner had Lee Brown spoken the words than other officials rushed forth to praise him for his wisdom. Ms. Gebbie quit the Clinton Administration shortly thereafter because she couldn't find anyone who cared about the AIDS problem.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN DRUG STRATEGY ANNOUNCEMENT -- February 9, 1994 -- The President thought Lee Brown's plan was a good idea too.

POLICE PRACTICES: DRUG FREE BLOCK PLAN By Deputy Chief Charles W. Bennett, Jr. and Captain A. Christine Bailor, M.P.A., Richmond, VA Police Department Originally published in the July '94 issue of FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin

This is another one of those hare-brained plans to stamp out drugs in the community. Among other things, the police get together with the neighborhood residents and get them to sign a contract vowing to be drug-free. Oh well, it made them feel productive for a while.

LEGALIZATION OF ILLICIT DRUGS: IMPACT AND FEASIBILITY (A Review of Recent Hearings) REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL, 1989

These are the hearings on legalization held by Congressman Charles Rangel in 1989. It is a good example of the thinking and arguments being used at that time. Most notable is the fact that no real research was done, just some collecting of opinions, and many of the members of the committee said their mind was made up before they heard the evidence.

A Proposed Anaheim Ordinance

This is a proposed ordinance for the city of Anaheim, California which would have barred people from city parks if they had ever been convicted of a drug offense. Just another dumb idea from our politicians. This one later fell to a combined lawsuit by the ACLU and NORML. Contributed by Jim Rosenfield.

DRUGS AND THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY by HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON OF NEW YORK in the House of Representatives, Thursday, October 6, 1994

A speech by Gerald Solomon. He is upset because people are using the internet to promote drug policy reform. Free speech must be stopped before it ruins America.

DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION IN HOLLAND HAS INCREASED CRIME AND ADDICTION by HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON OF NEW YORK in the House of Representatives Thursday, March 2, 1995

Another diatribe, full of misinformation, by Gerald Solomon. What he doesn't know about the subject has filled libraries.

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - CONSTITUENT ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM

How to contact your elected representatives through e-mail. Now all you have to do is get them to listen.

The U.S. House of Representatives Member Directory

A BRIEF HISTORY OF FEDERAL FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT, Frederick S. Calhoun. Ph.D. Historian, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

America's Habit: Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking, & Organized Crime -- President's Commission on Organized Crime, 1986