Electronic Journals of the U.S. Information Agency
Volume 1, Number 7, July 1996
NARCOTICS: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Electronic Journals of the U.S. Information Agency
Volume 1, Number 7, July 1996
NARCOTICS: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE
By Jim Fuller
CLEANING UP THE MONEY LAUNDERERS
By Jerry Stilkind
An interview with Stanley Morris, director of
the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crime Enforcement
Network (FinCEN).
THE DEA DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM
A Fact Sheet by the Drug Enforcement
Administration
CRITICAL TARGETS
By Ed Scherr
America's international drug-control efforts
are aimed at crops, criminal organizations and corrupt
governments on the belief that reduction at the source has more
impact than interdiction at the border.
COMMENTARY
THE DRUG POLICY DEBATE: PROHIBITION
VERSUS
LEGALIZATION
By James A. Inciardi
The author examines the history and issues in the
drug legalization debate.
DRUG BUST
By Samantha Stainburn
Federal agencies have spent more than $60
billion over the past five years on drug-control programs, yet
America's drug crisis has only grown worse.
INFORMATION
THE NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
REPORT
Excerpts describe progress made, strategic goals, and resources
committed to achieve
those goals.
By the Office of National Drug Control
Policy, Executive Office of the President
THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
REPORT
By the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs,
Excerpts outline the dimensions of the illegal drug
trade.
U.S. Department of
State
DEPARTMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
DEMAND REDUCTION
By Monica Mieroszewska and Joan Taylor
A bibliography on demand reduction, prevention,
and
treatment.
BOOKS/DOCUMENTS/ARTICLES
NARCOTICS/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
By Monica Mieroszewska and Joan Taylor
Recent books, documents, and articles on narcotics
and
substance abuse.
U.S. SPEAKERS PROGRAM
SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION
By Judith Greenspan
An example of USIA's narcotics and substance
abuse programs.
NOTE ON THE INTERNET AND NARCOTICS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE: The Substance Abuse page on the USIS homepage provides an extensive amount of additional information on narcotics and substance abuse, including documents and articles, as well as many other internet sites from both the public and private sectors. Readers may visit the Substance Abuse page on the USIS homepage at http://www.usia.gov/usis.html under Global Issues/Communications.
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Volume 1, Number 7, July 1996
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Publisher....................Judith S. Siegel Editor...........................Matt McGrath Internet and Text Editor............Tim Brown Associate Editor....................Guy Olson Contributing Editors...............Jim Fuller .............................Judith Greenspan ................................Edmund Scherr ...............................Laura Thurston ...............................Jerry Stilkind Reference and Research............Joan Taylor ..........................Monica Mieroszewska Art Director..........Patricia Michele Gipple