U.S. Drug Control Policies: Federal Spending on Law Enforcement versus Treatment in Public Health Outcomes

This paper evaluates the relationships among federal anti-drug law enforcement expenditures, education and treatment expenditures, and public health outcomes. The data include four types of spending: criminal justice system, interdiction and international intelligence, education in the community and...

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Published inJournal of drug issues Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 771 - 786
Main Authors Shepard, Edward, Blackley, Paul R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2004
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Control
Drug Abuse
Drug policy
Education
Expenditure
Federalism
Government Spending
Law Enforcement
Outcomes
Police
Policy
Predictors
Prevention
Public Health
Public Policy
Substance abuse treatment
Treatment
Treatment Programs
USA
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Summary:This paper evaluates the relationships among federal anti-drug law enforcement expenditures, education and treatment expenditures, and public health outcomes. The data include four types of spending: criminal justice system, interdiction and international intelligence, education in the community and workplace, and drug treatment. These data were combined with mortality rates for drug abuse, a public health outcome. The empirical findings support the hypothesis that resources allocated to drug prevention and treatment have benefited the public health. Conversely, a 10% reduction in enforcement expenditures is associated with a long-run reduction of approximately 3,000 deaths per year.
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ISSN:0022-0426
1945-1369
DOI:10.1177/002204260403400403