US Drug Control: Related websites and documents

17 နိုဝင်ဘာလ 2005
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Links on US and Drug control

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Programmes
Drugs & Democracy

 

Websites

Non Government Sites

  • Institute for Policy Studies (IPS): Drug Policy Project
    The IPS Drug Policy Project advocates for reform by reaching out to non-traditional allies and employing innovative tactics to promote a sustainable, constitutional, and humane drug control policy. The project's mission is to help foster a paradigm shift by replacing the punitive and coercive "social control" model of drug policy with a public health and community economic development model.
    Language: English
  • Just the Facts: a civilian’s guide to US defence and security assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean
    An excellent site that gives an overview of US military and security assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean, also, but not only, on counter narcotics assistance. Links to sources and sites described on the page. Updated regularly. Major topics: Programs governed by the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) and Arms Export Control Act (AECA); Defense Department programs; Bases and other overseas military presence; Assistance by country. A project of the Latin American Working Group in cooperation with the Center for International Policy.
    Language: English
  • US Foreign Policy in Focus
    A critical view on US foreign policy. The goal of the Foreign Policy in Focus project is to forge a new global affairs agenda for the US Government and the US people –one that makes the US a more responsible global leader and global partner. It is a joint effort of the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies. The project’s network of advocates, activists, and scholars serves a think tank without walls, functioning as a dynamic base from which to reach out to the constituencies that are essential to ensuring that US foreign policy represents a more broadly conceived understanding of US national interests. The site critically reviews of US drug policy at: In Focus: Drug Control.
    Language: English
  • The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
    Despite the expenditure of more than $20 billion over the past decade on interdiction programs and efforts to disrupt drug production in so-called "source countries" of the Andes, more illicit drugs are available in the United States, and at cheaper prices, than ever before. While there is little reason to believe that current policy will produce results in terms of drug control, its impact is devastating in countries where the battles are carried out. See: International Drug Control Policy.
    Language: English
  • CDI Online
    CDI – the Center for Defense Information – is an NGO/think tank dedicated to monitoring the Pentagon and US military policy. Here you will find critical and analytical studies and comments on US military policy. They have a very good section dedicated to anti-narcotic programs. Use the search page to find documents of interest.
    Language: English
  • Transactional Record Access Clearinghouse
    The Transactional Record Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research and data distribution organisation associated with Syracuse University. TRAC’s purpose is to provide the people in the US – and institutions of oversight such as Congress, news organisations, public interest groups, business, scholars and lawyers – with comprehensive information about the activities of federal enforcement and regulatory agencies, and the communities in which they take place. The website also includes selected information about the federal government’s overall drug enforcement effort.
    TRAC DEA
    TRAC Customs
    TRAC FBI
  • Drug Policy Alliance Cites and Sources on domestic issues

Government and Official Sites

Administration

  • Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
    Office of the US "drug czar". The ONDCP has to coordinate all different Federal agencies involved with the drug issue. Here you will find major policy papers and statements by ONDCP (and other) officials, as well as press releases, academic studies, and ONDCP’s Drug Facts which follow US drug use trends. Pulse Check describes current trends in illicit drug use and drug markets based on nationwide interviews conducted with ethnographers and epidemiologists, law enforcement officials, and drug treatment providers

State Department

Department of Defense

  • Defense LINK
    Official website of US Department of Defense (DOD), the clearinghouse for DOD related sites. The DOD has been given an important role in US Drug Control
  • Defense Technical Information Center
    The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) is the central facility for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technical information for the Department of Defense (DoD). Much of this information is made available by DTIC in the form of technical reports about completed research, and research summaries of ongoing research. As an element of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), DTIC supports the warfighter and serves as a vital link in the transfer of information among DoD personnel. This is a good clearinghouse site for declassified DOD documents and publications. Use the search page to find, for example, US military press articles on anti-drug operations, announcements for anti-drug positions in the US military, etc
  • DoD Counterdrug Technology Development Program
    The United States Navy serves as the Executive Agent for the DoD Counterdrug Technology Development Program. The goal of the program is to develop technology and prototype systems to enhance the counterdrug capability of the Department of Defense and civilian law enforcement agencies consistent with the goals of the National Drug Control Strategy and the DoD mission. The DoD Program primarily concentrates its efforts on addressing Goal Four (Shield America’s air, land and sea frontiers from the drug threat), and Goal Five (Break foreign and domestic drug sources of supply) of the National Strategy

Department of Justice

  • Department of Justice
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
    This site includes hundreds of US government documents in full text. It is maintained by the National Criminal Justice Reference Services (NCJRS) which is the clearinghouse for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and others. The site includes various full-text government documents, and includes a mechanism to search the site by keyword. The site has a section on Drugs and Crime

Congress

  • Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
    The Caucus was created to monitor and encourage the U. S. government and private programs seeking to expand international cooperation against drug abuse and narcotics trafficking, and promote international compliance with narcotics control treaties, including eradication.
  • General Accounting Office (GAO)
    The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. Charged with examining matters relating to the receipt and disbursement of public funds, GAO performs audits and evaluations of Government programs and activities. GAO examines US Drug Control policies. The reports are also valuable to get an overview of the Government expenditure on Drug Control.
    Clifford Schaffer’s collection of GAO documents

Law Enforcement and Intelligence

Documents