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Drug Control: Difficulties in Denying Federal Benefits to Convicted Drug Offenders

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 21, 1992
Report No. GGD-92-56
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Summary:

Under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, federal and state judges can impose sentences that make convicted drug offenders ineligible for certain federal benefits, including government contracts and guaranteed student loans; excluded are veterans, social security, and welfare payments. Legislation has been introduced that would deny convicted drug dealers and users access to federal benefits regardless of the sentence imposed. To provide baseline information for deliberations on this bill, GAO (1) assesses the status of federal and state court and federal agency efforts to deny convicted drug offenders access to federal benefits, (2) examines available data for insight into the impact that benefit denial has had on drug offenders, and (3) presents data on the possible effects of making benefit denial a mandatory sanction on conviction of a drug offense.

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