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Drug Policy: Preliminary Observations on the 2019 National Drug Control Strategy

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 7, 2019
Release Date March 7, 2019
Report No. GAO-19-370T
Summary:

Over 70,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States in 2017. Overdoses are at their highest ever-recorded level.

This testimony includes our preliminary observations on the 2019 National Drug Control Strategy—which is intended to help coordinate more than a dozen agencies’ efforts to address illicit drug use.

The strategy does not include certain legally required information, such as specific targets against which agency success can be measured.

In prior work, we recommended that agencies establish such measures. Without them, agencies cannot truly assess whether their efforts are achieving desired outcomes.

Photo illustration of lines of cocaine, a syringe, and pills spilling out of a bottle.

Photo illustration of lines of cocaine, a syringe, and pills spilling out of a bottle.

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