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The National Drug Control Strategy: The First-Line Approach to Decreasing Violence in Our Communities
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 6, Number 2, 1995
- pp. 177-185
- 10.1353/hpu.2010.0535
- Article
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The National Drug Control Strategy is designed to address all aspects of drug abuse: drug use, drug trafficking, and drug-related crimes. The nine-pronged program encompasses efforts at the federal, state, and local levels, forming a partnership between government and the private and public sectors. The strategy includes prevention initiatives that reduce the demand for drugs; individualized treatment programs for high-risk groups; greater community policing efforts to reduce violent crimes by drug users and pushers; and education aimed at children and adults. It is a national strategy that strives to find solutions at the local level.