Executive Office of the President of the United States National Drug Control Strategy 1996 Budget Notes
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9 Place additional emphasis on programs to enhance community-based efforts, especially those that strengthen local law enforcement capabilities. The FY 1996 budget includes resources to increase community-based efforts aimed at addressing the problems of illicit drug trafficking and use, such as community policing and State and local law enforcement programs funded by the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program.
14-15 A total of $110.0 million is requested for the Office of National Drug Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program to provide resources in the most critical drug trafficking areas of the country. This is $3.0 million above the 1995 enacted level and allows full funding for the newly designated Puerto Rico\U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA. In addition, the request supports the seven HIDTA's now designated (Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Puerto Rico\U.S. Virgin Islands, the Southwest Border, & Washington, D.C.\Baltimore).
Agricultural Research Service I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources: $6,500,000. $6,500,000. $4,700,000.
Total Drug Resources Full Time Employees 16 16 16
Total Agricultural Research Service Budget $713,100,000. $714,700,000. $709,900,000. Drug Percentage 0.9% 0.9% 0.7%^
30 Remote Sensing of Cannabis. Optically-based sensing technology is, in most cases, ineffective in detecting cannabis concealed in mixed vegetation, including forests and camouflaged cover. To address this problem, ARS, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service & the Department of Energy, has been highly successful. The sensors can detect minute traces of cannabis emission in the ambient environment and can be mounted on mobile equipment or installed as semipermanent sentinel units. A prototype sensor, available for loan to other agencies, and will be available within the year.
U.S. Forest Service
31 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $9,600,000. $9,800,000. $9,400,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 87 87 87
Total U.S. Forest Service Budget $3,264,000,000. $3,234,600,000. $3,175,500,000. Drug Percentage 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
34 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $ $14,600,000. $13,900,000.$15,400,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 0 0 0
Total Agency Budget $3,210,000,000. $3,470,000,000. $3,820,000,000. Drug Percentage 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%
Corporation for National Service
36 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $28,200,000. $39,400,000. $53,900,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 30 29 29
Total Corporation for National Service Domestic Volunteer Service Act Budget $205,100,000. $214,600,000. $262,900,000. Drug Percentage 4.8% 5.0% 4.9% Total Corporation for Nation Service National & Community Service Act Budget $365,000,000. $575,000,000. $817,500,000. Drug Percentage 5.5% 5.0% 5.0%
Department of Defense
38 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $814,900,000. $852,000,000. $812,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 1,383 1,365 1,398
Total Department of Defense Budget $250,500,000,000. $253,500,000,000. $246,700,000,000. Drug Percentage 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
40 DLEA support. $295.9 million is designated for support to DLEA's, $279.3 million from the central transfer account, and $16.6 million in CD OPTEMPO. Of the total, $136.0 million, or 46 percent, is designated for the National Guard Bureau State Plans. Other funds within this category support the Gulf States Initiative ($2.2 million) and the Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force ($1.0 million).
41 Demand Reduction. $97.8 million is designated for demand reduction within the United States. These funds will support the following efforts: early identification through testing and treatment of drug abusers ($57.0 million); and military department and National Guard community outreach programs to help at-risk youths ($8.0 million). To proceed with the community outreach pilot programs, DoD requires permanent congressional authorization permitting counterdrug funds to be spent on programs targeting youth outside the traditional DoD community boundaries. Such legislation has been requested by DoD for FY 1996.
Department of Education 43 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $598,800,000. $605,200,000. $627,700,000. Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 48 48 48
Total Department of Education Budget $25,326,100,000. $31,770,400,000. $30,382,500,000. Drug Percentage 2.4% 1.9% 2.1%
Administration for Children & Families
50 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $89,800,000. $94,500,000. $104,800,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 11 11 11
Total Admin. for Childrens & Families Budget $33,029,200,000. $32,208,300,000. $34,053,000,000. Drug Percentage 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
54 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $36,600,000. $44,500,000. $50,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 6 6 6
Total Centers For Disease Control & Prevention Budget $543,300,000. $606,000,000. $626,000,000. Drug Percentage 6.8% 8.2% 8.0%
Food & Drug Administration
56 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $6,800,000. $6,800,000. $6,800,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resources Employees 76 70 70
Total Food & Drug Administration Budget $929,300,000. $985,300,000. $1,063,300,000. Drug Percentage 0.007% 0.007% 0.007%
56 Legislation enacted in 1990 assigned the investigation of the illegal use of anabolic steroids to DEA as a controlled substance, resulting in an approximate 12 decrease in resources for FDA from previous years.
Health Care Financing Administration
58 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $231,800,000. $252,200,000. $290,000,000.
Medicaid $181,800,000. $202,200,000. $230,000,000. Medicare 50,000,000. 50,000,000. $60,000,000.
Total Heal Care Financing Administration Budget $2,309,600,000. $3,247,300,000. $2,588,900,000. Drug Percentage 19.6% 15.5% 21.2%
58 HCFA is responsible for the oversight of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and related Federal medical care quality control activities. Medicaid-eligible individuals requiring drug abuse treatment can receive all covered hospital and non-hospital services required to treat their condition. Medicaid drug treatment expenditures are primarily for care received in hospitals and in specialized (free standing) drug treatment facilities. Under current law, States must pay under Medicaid for the inpatient, outpatient, and physician services for eligible persons, and at the option of the States, clinic and rehabilitative services. The primary limitation on using Medicaid drug treatment is that it cannot pay for any recipients aged 22 to 64 in large, inpatient psychiatric facilities defined as Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD's). Medicare-eligible individuals requiring drug abuse treatment can receive all covered hospital and some nonhospital services required to treat their condition. 59 Medicare primarily covers inpatient hospital treatment of episodes of alcohol or drug abuse, as well as medically reasonable and necessary services in outpatient settings for the continued care of these patients. Treatments for alcoholism covered by Medicare include diagnostic and therapeutic services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Medicare-covered treatments for drug abuse include detoxification and rehabilitation services in an inpatient setting.
61 Approximately 30 percent (126,006) of the total AIDS cases (401,749) reported to the CDC as of June 30, 1994, are injecting drug users.
Indian Health Service
62 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $43,300,000. $42,800,000. $45,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resources Employees 150 0 0
Total Indian Health Service Budget $1,943,100,000. $1,963,100,000. $2,059,000,000. Drug Percentage 2.2% 2.2% $2.2%
64 Primary care provider training workshops were continued. The curriculum is listed with the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug information. This 3-day didactic and experiential training session was updated in FY 1994 to include codependency, tobacco, prescription drug abuse, impaired professionals, and family issues. A special module was developed for public health nurses. Activities include the development of a lending library (videotape and slide materials) designed to improve provider inservice capability and community presentations. Training for nurses has been conducted at the Black Hills Training Center; training for physicians was conducted in Portland, Oregon; Phoenix, Arizona; Winnebago, Nebraska; and Ada, Oklahoma. More than 100 primary care practitioners have been trained this year. The Chemical Dependency Management Information System, which is expected to be 90 percent operational by the end of FY 1995. A manual has been produced and training of practitioners conducted in Nashville, Oklahoma, Tucson, Albuquerque, California, Phoenix, Portland, Billings, and Bemidji areas. $1 million in FY 1994 was distributed to continue support of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome staff at area offices in collaboration with the Maternal and Child Health Program.
National Institutes of Health
65 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $425,200,000. $437,700,000. $452,300,000.
Funding Sources: NIDA $281,800,000. $290,300,000. $299,000,000. Office of AIDS Research 143,400,000. 147,400,000. 153,300,000.
66 Prevention Research. NIDA prevention initiatives focus on at-risk youth groups such as runaways, school dropouts, adolescents showing psychiatric disturbance, unmarried pregnant women, parenting youth, juvenile delinquents, as well as women and men in the sex trade. Research will continue on the biological and developmental vulnerability to drug addiction, which will include such studies as the role of genetic factors, the impact of the environment on drug abuse vulnerability, and the impact of behavioral and psychological factors that increase or decrease the likelihood of addiction. Drug treatment is one of the most important avenues for preventing the spread of HIV\AIDS.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
68 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $1,362,800,000. $1,372,800,000. $1,405,700,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 382 382 382
Total Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Budget $2,150,200,000. $2,195,300,000. $2,244,400,000. Drug Percentage 63.4% 62.5% 62.6%
69 Program Summary: SAMHSA All programs administered by CSAT & CSAP are considered drug-related activities. Approximately 71.1 percent of the current block grant and the new partnership is considered drug-related. This is based on current statute, which requires a minimum expenditure for alcohol-only activities for FY 1995. The President's budget currently proposes the elimination of this earmark in FY 1996. This budget assumes historical spending patterns for drug-related prevention and treatment activities in FY 1996 pending data on actual State experience under the proposed legislation. Summary of the Drug Budget Programs: SHAMHSA's Demonstration\Discretionary Prevention programs in FY 1995 include the following: High Risk Youth; Pregnant and Postpartum Women & Infants Program (PPWI); Other (Women's) Demonstration programs; Community Partnership Program; Public Education & Dissemination program; and Training program. SAMHSA's Demonstration\Discretionary Treatment programs in FY 1995 include the following: Target Cities (crisis areas); PPWI Residential Programs; Residential Programs for Women & Children; Campus Projects (FY 1994 is the last year of Federal support); Criminal Justice Programs; Critical Pollution Programs; Comprehensive Community Treatment programs (which includes the National Capital Demonstration); Addiction Treatment Training; and AIDS programs, which include training, linkage, and outreach. In FY 1995 additional capacity-related treatment programs include the Capacity Expansion Program (CEP), which expires in FY 1995, and overall administration of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. The President's proposed FY 1996 budget restructures the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant into the Substance Abuse Performance Partnership. The proposed legislation assumes maintenance of the following key requirements, earmarks, and set-asides from the old law: (a) 20 percent of the Substance Abuse Partnership funds must be dedicated to primary prevention, which focuses on the six strategy areas of information: dissemination, education, alternatives, problem identification and referral, community-based process, and environmental strategies; (2) 5 percent of the block grant must be set-aside for Federal data collection, technical assistance, and evaluation activities; (3) States experiencing at least 15 cases (old law threshold was 10 cases) of positive HIV per 100,000 population must increase spending from 2 to 5 percent, relative to current levels of State expenditures for HIV; (4) States must spend no more than 5 percent for administrative expenses; (5) States must be allowed to transfer up to 10 percent to\from the Substance Abuse Performance Partnerships to\from the Mental Health Performance Partnerships; and (6) States must continue to enact laws against the sale and distribution of tobacco products and enforce those laws. In addition, a new provision has been added to permit the Secretary to reserve up to 10 percent of the fund to be used for performance incentive awards for recipients that make exceptional progress towards meeting national goals. In FY 1996 all of SAMHSA's current prevention and treatment demonstrations will be combined to form the SAMHSA consolidated Substance Abuse Demonstration and Training Cluster. SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies is responsible for data collection and policy analysis for substance abuse surveys and studies, including the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse NHSDA0, the National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey (NDATUS), the Alcohol and Drug Services Survey, the State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Profile, and the Client Data System. Most of these activities are supported from the Substance Abuse Block Grant setaside. In addition, the Office of Applied Studies provides oversight to SAMHSA's service systems evaluation program.
70 III. BUDGET SUMMARY: 1995 BASE PROGRAM: The FY 1995 base for drug-related activities totals $1.4 billion, an increase of $10.0 million over FY 1994. Of this amount, $430.5 million is for prevention programs and $942.3 million is for treatment programs. 1996 SUMMARY OF REQUEST The FY 1996 SAMHSA total request for drug-related activities is $1.4 billion, an increase of $32.9 million over FY 1995. This total is comprised of three major components: (1) $919.8 million for the Substance Abuse Performance Partnership; (2) $452.8 million for the Substance Abuse Demonstration & Training Cluster; and (3) $33.2 million for program management.
72 Resources dedicated to the Substance Abuse Performance Partnership in FY 1996 will include a $60.0 million increase that can be used to demonstrate the most effective treatment methods of the illicit drug-using population. In addition, substantial increases will be realized for the Performance Partnership program over the next 2 fiscal years as current demonstration projects expire. Over the past 4 fiscal years, Congress has appropriated funding for the CEP. Grants awarded under this program have supported an estimated 8,000 drug treatment slots, providing services to almost 21,000 persons with drug abuse problems. The singular intent of this program was to expand treatment capacity, therefore, in this budget submission, CEP has been combined with the Substance Abuse Performance Partnership. IV. Program Statistics: All CEP awards will expire at the end of FY 1995. However, the loss of these slots is more than offset by the following net gains: slots created by the increase of $60.0 million in the Substance Abuse Performance Partnerships and slots that will be created by the redirection of $76.3 million from expiring 1995 treatment and prevention demonstrations. The total projected net increase of over 5,100 slots will provide additional treatment capacity for approximately 13,000 persons.
73 One example of a successful CSAP program is the East Rouge Community Partnership Program, which used a Federal grant to hold town meetings on crime and then established Operation Takedown to address problems of drug dealing and abandoned houses. Since the operation's implementation in June 1993, 1278 drug dealers have been arrested, 311 weapons have been confiscated and 336 abandoned houses have been demolished. In addition, police seized nearly $700,000 worth of cocaine, marijuana and other controlled substances.
73 61 Critical Populations projects were funded in FY 1994, serving 23,000 people.
Department of Housing & Urban Development
75 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $315,000,000. $300,800,000. $290,300,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 9 9 9
Total Department of Housing & Urban Development Budget $26,322,400,000. $25,819,500,000. $26,297,700,000. Drug Percentage 1.2% 1.1% 1.1%
75 Department of Housing & Urban Development: II. Program Summary: *Formula-driven Drug Elimination grants provide funds for drug prevention, control, and elimination activities at public and Indian housing developments to help mobilize communities against drugs by increasing security and ridding such projects of drug dealers and drug use. These funds can be used to develop and implement various activities, including project security and innovative drug education and treatment, counseling, referral, and outreach efforts to reduce the use of drugs in and around public housing projects. The Crime prevention and Security Division within the Office of Public and Indian Housing administers the Drug Elimination Grant program, develops regulations and funding notices, and provides training and technical assistance.
76 Funding will be provided for (1) enforcement support, which will be expanded through the reimbursement of local law enforcement agencies and additional security and protective services; (2) community policing, including foot and bicycle patrols, police substations in public housing, and community relations officers; and (3) crime prevention activities, including making residents the focal point of services as participants in crime solutions. Activities also may include resident patrols, neighborhood watches, or other crime prevention efforts; youth initiatives, such as providing coaches in recreational programs, peer mentors, and training, education, and substance abuse education and prevention activities; and resident services programs including job training, educational programs, and treatment or other social services, which address the contributing factors of crime.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
78 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $22,200,000. $19,900,000. $20,500,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resoruce Employees 120 106 102
Total Bureau of Indian Affairs Budget $1,778,700,000. $1,747,100,000. $1,910,400,000. Drug Percentage 1.2% 1.1% 1.1%
80 IV Program Statistics 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Projection Alcohol Arrests (1) 39,359 43,294 47,623 Marijuana Plants Destroyed 19,253 (2) 199,300 219,230 Drug Related Arrests 523 571 628 Drug Seizures 21,178 (2) 219,230 241,652 Prevention Quarterly Newsletters Distributed 8,000 8,000 8,000 Prevention Materials Distributed 8,000 8,000 8,000 Interagency Contacts Made via Monthly Meetings 15 0 0
1) Includes felony and misdemeanor arrests; does not include traffic arrests. 2) The FY 1995 President's budget eliminated the Drug Enforcement Branch. The funds were reinstated by Congress at a reduced level. Drug enforcement operations by the Drug Enforcement Branch were canceled in FY 1994.
Bureau of Land Management
81 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $5,100,000. $5,100,000. $5,100,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resources Employees 33 33 33
Total Bureau of Land Management Budget $1,114,300,000. $1,114,300,000. $1,140,000,000. Drug Percentage 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service
83 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources ` $1,000,000. $1,000,000. $1,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 0 0 0
Total U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Budget $706,500,000. $672,700,000. $702,800,000. Drug Percentage 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
84 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Priority Activities. Funding will be used for (1) refresher and specialized training courses for refuge officers, wildlife inspectors, and special agents; (2) equipment such as surveillance and remote sensing devices (e.g., motion detectors, infrared and night vision equipment, and video cameras), improved communications equipment, field test kits, off-road vehicles, and x-ray type machines at ports of entry; (3) 300 hours of fixed-wing aircraft support for surveillance and detection of cannabis on Service Lands across the United States; (4) travel and transportation; (5) supplies and materials; and (6) other services.
National Park Service
85 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $8,800,000. $8,800,000. $9,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 108 108 108
Total National Park Service Budget $1,493,100,000. $1,473,100,000. $1,553,000,000. Drug Percentage 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%
86 National Park Service: The U.S. Park Police consists of uniformed and nonuniformed police officers who perform the same level of work and diverse duties as any urban police department. The primary presence of the U.S. Park Police is in the district of Columbia; however, officers are also routinely assigned to Maryland and Virginia, to the New York Field Office, to the San Francisco Field Office, and to several other areas of the country. The U.S. Park Police have undertaken an intensive enforcement, eradication and drug education program.
III. Budget Summary: 1995 Base Program. NPS's drug program resources in FY 1995 total $8.8 million of 108 FTE's. These funds provide for the continuing efforts of NPS Park Rangers and the US Park Police, as well as money for the Drug-Free Workplace program.
87 National Park Service: V. Program Accomplishments In 1994, NPS park rangers handled more than 2,500 drug-related incidents, resulting in more than 800 arrests and the issuance of an additional 2,000 Federal violation notices or summonses. In this process, NPS Rangers seized and destroyed more than $200 million worth of drugs, seized more than 40 vehicles, and confiscated more than 100 firearms. In 1994 approximately 100 NPS Park Rangers participated in drug prevention efforts through the Project D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program with elementary and junior high school students in and around national parks. In 1994 the U.S. Park Police arrested 1,933 persons for drug violations, including 218 drug dealers. In 1994 more than $6.3 million worth of drugs and 306 firearms, including submachine guns, automatic pistols, shotguns and rifles, were confiscated. The U.S. Park Police are also active in the Project D.A.R.E. program, providing drug awareness education to 33 schools in close proximity to National Parks.
Office of Territorial & International Affairs
88 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $1,300,000. $1,300,000. $200,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 1 0.5 0.3
Total Office of Territorial & International Affairs Budget $333,100,000. $516,400,000. $340,200,000. Drug Percentage 0.5% 0.1% 0.1%
The Federal Judiciary
90 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $457,100,000. $499,000,000. $586,500,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 4,281 4,621 4,772
Total Federal Judiciary Budget $2,670,300,000. $2,855,600,000. $3,266,500,000. Drug Percentage 17.1% 17.5% 18.0%
90 The Federal Judiciary: I. Resource Summary: - Drug Testing for Federal Prisoners - $8,000,000. Who does the Federal government purchase these tests from? Total FTE Drug Resources Personnel Summary: 4,772 & a budget of $586,500,000 or 18% of their total budget. The U.S. Courts are organized geographically into 12 Judicial Circuits and 94 Districts, each with supporting offices such as the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Central Legal Staff, and Probation and pretrial Services, as well as Bankruptcy Courts. The courts receive administrative support from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and research and training services from the Federal Judicial Center. In addition to personnel and overhead, Judiciary costs include payments to jurors, payments to court security officers, screening equipment at entrances, alarm systems and closed circuit television monitoring systems). Drug Related Activities of the Federal Judiciary include filing drug cases and processing defendants, and supervising drug treatment.
91 Civil cases, which are the majority of cases filed in the U.S. Courts, are being pushed further back on the court dockets because of the resources and time required for the drug-related criminal cases, which can include several defendants per case (1.9 average) and complex legal issues. III. Budget Summary 1995 Base Program The 1995 level provides $499.0 million for a drug-related total of 4,621 FTE's for the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial activities to handle the drug-related workload. This represents an increase of $41.9 million and 340 FTE's over 1994. Drug-related cases, at the District-Court level, are estimated to be 11,100 or 25 percent of all criminal cases. There is an anticipated average of 1.9 defendants per case.
92 1996 Summary of Request: The 1996 request of $586.5 million and 4,772 FTEs represents an increase of $87.5 million and 151 FTEs over 1995 1996 Highlights: In FY 1996 drug-related cases are expected to total 11,100 or 25 percent of all criminal cases within the U.S. District Courts. In FY 1996, $8.0 million is required by the Federal Judiciary as a result of the following provisions in the Crime Control Act of 1994: Exempting of mandatory minimum drug sentences; Mandating life imprisonment for Federal defendants convicted of a serious violent felony who had prior convictions for one or more serious violent felonies and one or more serious drug offenses; Reimposing a term of supervision to follow a term of imprisonment imposed as a result of revocation; Mandating drug testing as a condition of probation, parole, and supervised release for all offenders, and; Requiring offenders under supervised release who have been convicted of certain drug-related crimes to notify State and local law enforcement officers of change of address. 34% of all US Court Cases are drug related.
93 The Federal Judiciary: At the end of FY 1994, probation officers were supervising 26,828 convicted offenders with drug and alcohol problems, representing a 100 % increase in the substance abuse caseload since the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 went into effect. The program deters substance abuse through regular testing, requiring treatment when appropriate. In 1994 more than 630,000 urine tests were administered through use of a laboratory under national contract with the Administrative Office; treatment was provided by more than 1,000 local contractors nationwide.
Assets Forfeiture Fund:
94 I. Resource Summary 1995 Total Agency Budget: $511.700,000. Total 1995 Deposits: $514,000,000.
96 Transfers to Other Accounts....Congress authorized excess funds to be transferred to the Bureau of Prisons (transfers occurred in 1988 and 1989), the U.S. Attorneys (transfer occurred in 1989), and the Special Forfeiture Fund of ONDCP (annually, beginning in 1990) Deposits to the fund are expected to reach $514.0 million in FY 1995, down from the record level of receipts in FY 1991 of $644.3 million. This record level was largely due to forfeitures related to the Michael Milken case in the amount of $198.5 million. FY 1992 deposits totaled $531.0 million, FY 1993 deposits totaled $555.7 million, and FY 1994 deposits totaled $549.9 million.
97 V. Program Accomplishments: During 1994, exclusive of cash seizures, a total of 23,406 assets were seized at an estimated value of $243,582,850. These figures include 1,215 real properties at an estimated value of $220.3 million, 22 businesses at an estimated value of $3.9 million, and 176 financial instruments at an estimated value of $39.4 million. At the end of 1994, a total of $867 million was on deposit in the Seized Asset Deposit Fund, and other assets totaling 15,264 in number at an estimated value of $794.8 million were on hand.
U. S. Attorneys
98 Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $211,800,000. $213,300,000. $213,200,000.
Total U.S. Attorneys Budget $896,500,000. $926,100,000. $959,800,000. Drug Percentage 32% 31% 30%
99 U.S. Attorneys: Each judicial district office maintains a Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee, which assesses local crime problems and solutions with other Federal and local officials.
99 The 1996 total request is $213.2 million, 2, 072 Full Time employees plus 2,197 positions. This represents a decrease of $0.1 million and 7 FTE and an increase of 8 positions over FY 1995
Bureau of Prisons 101 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $1,410,700,000. $1,694,000,000. $1,942,400,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 31,504 35,763 38,141
Total Bureau of Prisons Budget $2,232,100,000. $2,638,200,000. $2,977,600,000. Drug Percentage 63% 63% 63%
101 Bureau of Prisons 65% of $2,977,600,000. is drug related. Salaries & Expenses $2,643,800,000 65% Building & Facilities` $323,700,000 67% NIC 10,200,000 65%
102 III. Program Summary BOP provides custodial care for more than 86,000 Federal inmates in 79 BOP facilities. Additionally, BOP contracts with State and local correctional institutions to house more than 3,600 Federal inmates, houses more than 4,500 inmates in contract Community Correction Centers, and manages nearly 1,200 inmates in home confinement.
102 BOP has five accounts: Salaries and Expenses (including Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund), Building & Facilities, National Institute of Corrections (NIC), the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPIU), and the Commissary Trust Revolving Fund. Only the first three contain drug-related resources. FPI is a Government-owned corporation that provides goods and services to other Federal agencies through a training employment program for Federal offenders. FY 1995 drug-related resources include $1,694.0 million, 18,818 positions, and 16,945 FTE. These resources represent an increase of 2,239 positions over FY 1994 levels. Drug-related funding for Salaries and Expenses is $275.0 million above the FY 1994 enacted. The 1995 rated capacity of the Federal Prison System will be 74,339 however, it is expected that operations will be at least 22 percent over this rated capacity. Funding requested and approved through FY 1995 for the construction of new prisons, the acquisition of surplus Federal, State, local, and private facilities for conversion to prison use, and the expansion of existing institutions will add more than 39,000 new beds, once completed.
103 1996 Summary of Request: The request for FY 1996 includes drug-related resources of $1,942.4 million, 19,256 positions, and 18,885 FTE. This represents an increase of $248.4 million, 438 positions, and 1,940 FTE over 1995 levels. 1996 Highlights: Funding increases in operations reflects increased costs associated with annualization of prison activation's, and prisoner population growth, increases in Contract Confinement, and medical costs and increase in Drug Treatment Programs which will be funded by Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund. The drug related portion of new prison construction request is $158.0 million If approved, the BY 1996 construction request will add 2,816 prison beds. The Crime Control Act further requires BPO to treat 50 % of all eligible inmates by the end of FY 1995, 75% by end of FY 1996, and 100% by the end of FY 1997.
Community Policing
105 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource - $182,000,000. $314,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees - 32 88
Total Community Policing Budget - $1,099,100,000. $1,903,000,000. Drug Percentage - 33.0% 33.0%
105 Community Policing: Total 1996 projected budget is $1,903,000,000. $628,000,000. is drug related.
106 Community Policing: 1996 Highlights: The FY 1996 request includes $1.9 million for Public Safety and Community Policing Grants to provide up to 20,000 new police officers. The FY 1996 request includes $10.0 million for Police Corps Grants to address violent crime by increasing the number of police officers with advanced education and training on community patrol and to provide technical assistance to students who possess a sincere interest in law enforcement.
Criminal Division
107 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $18,300,000. $19,400,000. $20,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 588 618 624
Total Criminal Division Budget $76,400,000. $79,400,000. $82,300,000. Drug Percentage 25% 27% 27%
Drug Enforcement Administration
110 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $768,100,000. $801,400,000. $857,400,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 13,124 13,346 13,880
Total Drug Enforcement Administration Budget $768,100,000. $801,400,000. $857,400,000. Drug Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
112 Intelligence Program. DEA's Intelligence Program provides analytical support for cocaine, heroin, cannabis, dangerous drugs, and financial investigations. The Intelligence Program also provides a strategic overview of drug trafficking patterns and trends. DEA's intelligence operations include support for the El Paso Intelligence Center, a multiagency, all source, tactical intelligence center, which tracks the movement of drugs, weapons, and illegal aliens. The Intelligence Program also provides support, on a reimbursable basis, to the national Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
113 Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program: The OCDETF Program is a cornerstone of the National Drug Control Strategy. The program provides the additional personnel and resources necessary to expand multiagency investigations such as money laundering initiatives. DEA has been a major participant in the ECDETF Program. In fact, DEA has been integrally involved in 80 percent of the program's investigations since the inception of the program in 1982. In 1995, DEA received 1,000 positions (779 Special Agents) and $95.9 million for the OCDETF Program.
113 1996 Summary of Request: The FY 1996 President's budget requests a total of $857.4 million and 6,424 direct FTE, and increase of $56.0 million and 167 direct FTEs. The FY 1996 request of OCDE is $99.0 million and 987 FTE.
114 IV. Program Statistics 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Projection DEA Initiated Arrests 5,279 5,737 6,243 Other Federal Arrests 1,241 1,349 1,486 DEA Cooperative Arrests 4,409 4,791 5,239 State & Local Task Force Arrests 5,230 5,190 5,109 Foreign Cooperative Arrests 1,522 1,473 1,443 Clandestine Labs Seized 272 280 280
Value of Assets Seized in $DEA $334,279,000. $374,392,000. $374,392,000. DEA\OCDE 268,432,000 260,151,000. 257,715,000. State & Local Task Force 117,372,000. 116,470,000. 116,470,000.
Federal Lab Exhibits Analyzed 37,667 39,797 40,003
114 In 1994 a common drug intelligence data base known as DRUGX was created to promote the sharing of information between the FBI and DEA. DRUGX is based on DEA's NADDIS system and is available via both the DEA and FBI information systems. DRUGX allows the user to query 3.5 million DEA subjects and 4.2 million FBI subjects. In 1995, the program will be expanded to include participation from other Department of Justice investigative agencies.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
115 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimated Request Drug Resources $476,500,000. $540,000,000. $644,400,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 12,467 13,123 14,519
Total Federal Bureau of Investigation Budget $2,042,300,000. $2,203,600,000. $2,453,700,000. Drug Percentage 23.3% 24.5% 26.3%
115 In FY 1994 the FBI restructured drug-related costs to more accurately portray the extent of drug-related FTE positions and budget authority being utilized and planned for within the FBI. The most significant change occurred in Violent Crimes, in identifying a higher percentage of the total program as drug related. This falls in line with the guidance from ONDCP that encouraged the FBI to "participate in and support comprehensive Federal, State,. and local task forces that ensure that all levels of trafficking and associated violent crime are vigorously attacked." The FBI has undertaken an aggressive effort to formulate task forces in major cities to continue implementation of the FBI's national drug strategy and to disrupt, dismantle, and destroy major narcotics trafficking organizations.
117 1996 Highlights DRUGFIRE. $600,000 to support DRUGFIRE database system that matches marks left on cartridge cases remaining on crime scenes, thereby allowing laboratories across the country to exchange and compare images of fired ammunition casings. Since the summer of 1992, 26 prototype versions of DRUGFIRE have been installed in cities across the country; by 1996, the FBI plans to install DRUGFIRE in more than 60 laboratories across the country. Commercial Intelligent Workstations (CIWs) $425,000. to provide 88 CIWs and to incorporate a mix of multimedia support, optical disk, and expanded printer capacity to maximize the FBI's technical effectiveness in processing investigative data. Advanced Telephony. $12,537,000. to enable Title III electronic surveillance in an advanced telecommunications environment. Federal Wireless Communication. $1,775,000. to enable the FBI to operate within the major telecommunications changes brought abut by National Performance Review (NPR) Initiative Information Technology that will eventually lead to a single wireless infrastructure for land mobile radio operations that supports all Federal, State, and local law enforcement\public safety disaster response and investigative needs. Regulatory Compliance. $50,000,000. to reimburse private telecommunications carriers for all reasonable costs directly associated with the modification of equipment, facilities, and services necessary to continue to provide the Government with the means of conducting court-authorized interception of communications.
Immigration & Naturalization Service 119 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $157,400,000. $184,600,000. $254,300,0090.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 1,786 1,940 2,080
Total Immigration & Naturalization Service Budget $1,052,500,000. $1,482,700,000. $1,644,400,000. Drug Percentage 14.9% 12.4% 13.5%
119 The drug percentage reflects estimated FTE devoted to INS's drug mission. The three largest components of the INS drug program are the Border Patrol, Detention and Deportation, and the Investigations activities. INS counts 15 percent of Border Patrol, 25 percent of Detention and Deportation, and 24 percent of Investigations resources as drug-related.
121 With a record of infusion of new resources in 1994 and 1995, the Administration is taking control of the border. The FY 1996 budget provides additional resources to strategically reinforce the Nation's border strategy and build on successes. This strategy includes 700 new Border Patrol Agents, 680 new INS Inspectors, and 165 new support staff, bringing the total number of INS personnel devoted to nationwide border control to nearly 9,000, a 51 percent increase over 1993. On the Southwest Border alone, the Nation will have increased border control staffing (agents, inspectors, and support) by 60 percent by the end of FY 1996.
Interpol - U.S. National Central Bureau
123 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimated Request Drug Resources $1,900,000. $1,800,000. $2,200,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 17 17 17
Total Interpol - U.S. National Central Bureau Budget $6,400,000. $6,500,000. $6,800,000. Drug Percentage 28.0% 27.0% 28.0%
123 As the United States' representative to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the United States National Central Bureau (USNCB) coordinates the exchange of criminal information among 174 INTERPOL member-countries and U.S. law enforcement at the Federal, State, and local levels.
123 Achieved near real-time response capability through the INTERPOL U.S. Canadian Interface to the north and the Caribbean\Central American Telecommunications Network to the south that will provide more timely investigation through the inhibit border crossings by drug traffickers.
124 Expanded utilization of the INTERPOL International Wanted Notice Program to include the DEA fugitive program, and use of a mechanism to initiate provisional arrest and expedite coordination with OIA\Criminal Division for extradition;
124 Admission of USNCB subbureaus of the territories of Guam and the Northern Marijanas (American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands admitted in 1990. INTERPOL is forming a South Pacific telecommunications network linking this area.
125 The conference recommended that the INTERPOL consider evaluating the need for a world linguistic support service to support international drug trafficking investigations; evaluate the potential of preparing an INTERPOL guide to the national name structures, protocols, and national law enforcement systems, support a meeting of relevant international bodies (e.g., UNDCP, CICAD, Colombo Plan) to discuss the formation of future programs to assess and reduce opium cultivation in the principal source areas; and use the INTERPOL bulletin and communication system to remind participating nations to register all drug trafficking fugitives in the INTERPOL fugitive system in order to maximize arrests and prosecutions.
U.S. Marshals Service
127 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $246,100,000. $279,500,000. $321,600,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 2,625 2,603 2,680
Total U.S. Marshals Service Budget $347,400,000. $396,800,000. $453,400,000. Drug Percentage 70.8% 70.4% 70.9%
127 The primary units of the U.S. Marshals Service are Protection of the Judicial Process, Prisoner Transportation and Detention, Fugitive Apprehension, and Seized Assets Management. In addition, Marshals act as sheriffs for the D.C. Superior Court.
128 IV. Program Statistics 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Projection Criminal Bench Hours 156,832 179,744 195,381 Prisoners Produced 358,133 375,816 398,365
Witness Security Program: New Witnesses 197 197 197 Total Witnesses 6,436 6,693 6,960 Property Seizures (# of items) 29,736 30,144 30,445 Property in Custody (# of items) 21,956 22,544 22,769
129 Within its responsibility for managing the Asset Seizure & Forfeiture Program, the U.S. Marshals Service executes court orders, manages seized assets pending forfeiture, disposes of certain assets, and collects the financial deposits on forfeited assets.
Office of Justice Programs
130 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $544,200,000. $568,900,000. $736,300,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 130 144 167
Total Office of Justice Programs Budget $708,500,000. $1,306,800,000. $2,089,600,000. Drug Percentage 77.0% 44.0% 35.0%
131 Through the Edward Byrne Memorial State & Local Law Enforcement Program, BJA provides financial and technical assistance to State and local units of government to control drug abuse and violent crime and improving the criminal justice. BJA awards grants for the purpose of enforcing State and local laws that establish offenses similar to those defined in the Controlled Substances Act and improving the function of the criminal justice system, with emphasis on violent crime and serious offenders. States are required to prepare statewide antidrug and violent crime strategies as part of their applications for Formula Grant Funds and must also contribute State funds to the cost of the projects funded. In addition to the Formula Grant program, BJA supports programs that are national and multi-State in scope, such as the National Crime Prevention Campaign (McGruff the Crime Dog). BJA's Discretionary grants, unlike the Formula Grant program, do not require matching funds. BJA also administers the RISS program.
131 BJS collects, analyzes, and disseminates statistical information about crime, its perpetrators and victims, and the operation of the criminal justice system at the Federal, State, and local levels of government. Statistical series conducted by BJS produced a wealth of drug-related data including drug-use history of criminal offenders; offenders under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as perceived by the victim; drug prosecution and sentencing of drug law violators; case processing of drug offenses; drug availability, prevention and education classes in school; drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in the correctional community; and the relationship of drugs and crime. BJS supports the Drugs and Crime Data Center and Clearinghouse, which provides a centralized source of information on drugs and crime. The clearinghouse has two components: (1) data user services and 92) data analysis and evaluation activities. During 1994 the clearinghouse responded to 7,636 inquiries and distributed 68,659 statistical reports on drugs and crime. The data center component continues its efforts to increase knowledge and awareness about drugs and crime by conducting secondary analyses of existing but underutilized data-bases and assessing the quality and utility of existing data survey and series for public policy formation. In addition, the data center and the clearinghouse assist State agencies in developing the strategies required by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and continue to assist agencies involved with national drug policy formulation.
133 The FY 1996 request for NIJ is $13.2 million, an increase of $0.2 million over FY 1995. NIJ's drug related research, demonstration, and evaluation initiatives include the Drug Market Analysis program, the Drug Use Forecasting program, gangs and crime initiatives, drug testing programs, and drug prevention programs. The FY 1996 request for BJS totals $1.7 million, an increase of $0.2 million over the 1995 level of drug-related resources. BJS will continue several drug related resources. BJS will continue several statistical series that produce drug-related data; however, resources will not be available to support the Drugs and Crime Data Center and Clearinghouse. The FY 1995 budget proposal for OJJDP programs provides $12.7 million, an increase of $2.4 million over FY 1995. OJJDP resources are focused on developing, testing, and evaluating - in cooperation with other Federal agencies - effective program models to serve the needs of youth at greatest risk of delinquency; youth entering the juvenile justice system; and chronic, serious, and violent juvenile offenders. OJJDP discretionary funds will be used for programs to prevent and control juvenile delinquency and illegal drug use and prevention and treatment programs relating to juvenile gangs and drug abuse and drug trafficking.
134 Comprehensive Communities Program (CCP). CCP is designed to reduce crime and violence by initiating comprehensive planning and improving intergovernmental relationships. It requires selected jurisdictions to engage in a comprehensive planning and strategy development process for crime, drug, and violence control and prevention, which require law enforcement and other governmental agencies to work in partnership with the community to address these problems, as well as the factors that increase the risk that individuals will become involved in problem behavior. In FY 1994, 16 jurisdictions faced with high rates of crime and violence participated in the CCP planning process, including the four PACT sites. These sites received awards from BJA to implement their strategies in FY 1995.
135 Financial Investigations Projects. The 12 Financial Investigation Projects have resulted in the arrests of 980 criminals and seized more than $79.6 million in drugs, $57.9 million in property, and approximately $38.5 million in currency between their inception in 1988 and September, 1994. These programs are designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of a centrally coordinated multijurisdictional approach to the investigation and prosecution of narcotics-related financial crime. Techniques used include tracing narcotic-related financial transactions, analyzing the movement of currency, identifying criminal financial structures and money laundering schemes, and administering asset forfeitures.
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
136 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $382,400,000. $374,900,000. $378,500,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 13,872 13,423 13,533
Total Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Budget $382,400,000. $374,900,000 $378,500,000 Drug Percentage 100% 100% 100%
138 Drug Intelligence. Resources for Regional Drug Intelligence Squads are included for DEA and the FBI at a level of 176 positions and Full Time Employees and $14.0 million for FY 1996. This represents a net increase of $0.4 million over FY 1995 estimate.
Support of U.S. Prisoners
141 I. Resource Summary (Care of U.S. Federal Prisoners) 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $211,900,000. $207,700,000. $206,700,000.
Drug Resources Personnel Summary Zero - (Personnel listed in Bureau of Prisons & U S Marshals Service)
Total Support of U. S. Prisoners Budget $302,700,000. $296,800,000. $295,300,000. Drug Percentage 1 70.0% 70.0% 70.0% 1 The drug percentage is based on the actual number of prisoners (70 percent) in cell blocks with drug-related offenses.
141 II. Program Summary The support of U.S. Prisoners account is managed by the U.S. Marshals Service and is comprised of two units: Care of U.S. Prisoners and the Cooperative Agreement Program. The Care of U.S. Prisoners account provides resources for the U.S. Marshals to contract with State and local detention facilities and private entities for the boarding of Federal prisoners pending trial or sentencing. The Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) provides Federal resources to States and localities for renovation and construction of State and local detention facilities in exchange for a guaranteed number of beds for Federal prisoners. Obligations from this account will stem from carryover prior to FY 1994, at which time CAP resources were requested under the BOP's B&F appropriation.
142 IV. Program Statistics 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Projection Care of Federal U.S. Prisoners Jail Days (000) 4,403,000 4,623,000 4,937,000 Care of Drug Related Federal U.S. Prisoners 3,082,000 3,237,000 3,456,000
142 The median time from indictment to disposition of drug defendants increased 6 percent over 1992 to 7.1 months, according to data from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; thus, the time a defendant spends in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service has also increased,
Tax Division
143 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $300,000. $300,000. $300,000
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 14 14 14
Total Tax Division Budget $59,500,000. $59,400,000. $60,600,000. Drug Percentage 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%
Weed & Seed Program
146 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $6,600,000. $6,700,000. $2,500,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 11 11 11
Total Weed & Seed Budget $13,100,000. $13,500,000. $5,000,000. Drug Percentage 50.0% 50.0% 50.0%
1946 The Weed & Seed Program provides funding to State & local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in Weed & Seed - designated communities to execute the Weed and Seed Program strategy. The strategy is comprised of four basic elements: (1) coordinated law enforcement efforts to "weed out" violent offenders in targeted neighborhoods; (2) community oriented policing, which operates in support of intensive law enforcement activities and provides a bridge to programs aimed at prevention, intervention, treatment and neighborhood reclamation and revitalization; (3) increased availability of human services indemonstration neighborhoods - such as drug and crime prevention programs, educational opportunities, drug treatment, family services, and recreational activities - to create a crime - free environment; and (4) economic development and expanded opportunities for residents to revitalize distressed neighborhoods. The Executive Office for Weed & Seed develops policy for Operation Weed & Seed & serves as the primary point of contact for information and decision making for the program nationally. The office also supports the U.S. Attorneys, who are responsible for the locally-driven development and implementation of the Weed and Seed strategy in communities across the country and serves as liaison to the various Federal agencies whose activities support the Weed & Seed concept.
Department of Labor
148 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $91,100,000. $93,500,000. $80,400,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employee 1 1 1
Total Department of Labor Budget $10,630,200,000. $11,031,800,000. $14,101,500,000. Drug Percentage 0.9% 0.9% 0.6%
148 The FY 1996 estimate is based on revised participant levels contained in the Administration's proposed new programs comprising the workforce development system, which is part of the President's proposal for a Middle Class Bill of Right. The Employment and Training Administration drug control budget estimate for FY 1996, including Job Corps, is $78.3 million. The total FY 1996 Department of Labor drug budget request, including Departmental Management, is $80.4 million.
149 The President's proposal for a Middle Class Bill of Rights will transform a fragmented collection of Federal workforce development and employment efforts into a multibillion dollar integrated, customer-driven workforce development system. This system will empower Americans to pursue economic security through lifelong learning by expanding their access to purchasing power for skills training. The new system shifts emphasis from programs and bureaucracies to individual purchasing power by consolidating workforce development programs and offering adult workers, the unemployed, and low-income persons a range of choices for self-initiated lifelong learning. It emcompasses high-quality employment assistance with skills training and related services and revitalized family and adult literary services through a unified literacy system linked to workforce development services.
149 Departmental Management includes the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and the Working Capital Fund. This office provides leadership to the Department's substance abuse program and directs a variety of activities including information dissemination and support to employer and employee groups. The Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management's Office of Safety and Health administers the Department's Drug-Free Workplace program and its Employee Assistance Program.
151 Departmental Management. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy will provide information on workplace substance abuse through continued development and operation of the Substance Abuse Information Database; data collection on the impact of substance abuse on productivity, safety and health; support to the Substance Abuse Institute at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies; funding of the workplace module in the FY 1996 Household Survey; and continued work with employer and employee groups to raise awareness of the problems of workplace substance abuse and what can be done to most effectively address those problems.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
152 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $12,000,000. $10,000,000. $10,000,000/
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 27 45 45
Total Office of National Drug Control Policy Budget $12,000,000. $10,000,000. $10,000,000. Drug Percentage 100% 100% 100%
156 V. Program Accomplishments Established the Washington, D.C.\Baltimore and Puerto Rico\U.S. Virgin Islands "distribution" HIDTAs. These new HIDTAs are the first that address both drug distribution networks and their chronic, hardcore drug using clientele simultaneously. These initiatives include treatment and prevention efforts and other efforts to ensure the long-term effectiveness of the HIDTA initiatives.
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
157 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $86,900,000. $107,000,000. $110,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 0 0 0
Total High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Budget $86,000,000. $86,000,000. $86,000,000. Drug Percentage 100% 100% 100%
158 The most critical drug trafficking areas of the country are designated as HIDTAs. Seven areas have been designated: The Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Puerto Rico\U.S. Virgin Islands, Southwest Border, and Washington D.C.\Baltimore.
Special Forfeiture Fund
160 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $12,500,000 $26,100,000. $37,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 40 45 45 I 160 Deposits to the fund come from the Department of Justice's Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Department of Treasury Assets Forfeiture Fund after they meet certain necessary expenses. Funding for the SFF may also derive from direct appropriation. Investment income generates additional revenue for the SFF.
161 III. Budget Summary In FY 1994, $30.0 million was deposited into the SFF, supplemented by investment earnings of $440,000. for a total of $30.4 million. For FY 1995, the Congress authorized the use of a total of $41.9 million in the SFF but failed to provide any direct appropriation in support of that authorization. Only an estimated $3.8 million is expected to be deposited to SFF in 1995.
161 CTAC Research and Development P.L. 101-509 provided appropriations to establish CTAC within ONDCP, whose purpose is to serve as the central counterdrug research and development center for the Federal Government. 162 Audio & Video Surveillance Technology. CTAC is testing an operational prototype system capable of detecting conversations in an urban environment at a much greater distance than existing approaches. Miniaturized Electronics. CTAC us developing the "small look" videotape system to monitor and execute covert surveillance operations and to collect evidence for subsequent prosecution. Communication Technology. Defense-related spread spectrum, low probability of detection transmitters are being developed for concealed or disguised communications systems. Testing of prototypes begins in late 1995 for completion in 1996. Information Sharing Technology. Information sharing is one of the cornerstones of the Research and Development (R&D) program. A prototype system is being developed to permit the seamless integration and extraction of a variety of criminal information from various data-bases, on various computer systems, regardless of type of computer or physical location. Once completed, the prototype criminal information system will be exported to those existing operation systems at a low cost to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. This project is scheduled for completion in 1996. Brain Scanning Research. Brain, mind, and behavior specialists are rethinking the whole notice of addiction. CTAC is developing a radiochemistry laboratory at the Addiction Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, to assist in validating this new view of addiction. The initial set of experiments funded by CTAC will be completed in 1996. Drug Evaluation Network. CTAC is conducting a drug treatment evaluation project to answer several questions concerning the quality of our national drug treatment programs. The Drug Evaluation Network System project will develop the computer backbone network to resolve some of these issues and questions. The network is scheduled to begin to "come on line" during 1995 and the pilot project completed in 1996. Drug Testing Technology. CTAC is investigating promising techniques for those sensors needed for the noninvasive detection of illicit drug use from hair, sweat, and saliva is being investigated. Hair testing will begin in 1995, and saliva and sweat testing will be completed in 1996. Cocaine Immunization Research. Under CTAC funding, Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons is developing artificial enzymes that destroy cocaine molecules in the blood stream before they can reach the brain. Tests of the immunization potential will be completed in 1996.
U. S. Small Business Administration
164 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $200,000. $100,000. $100,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 2.3 1.3 1.3
Total U.S. Business Administration Budget $274,000,000. $287,000,000. $312,000.000. Drug Percentage 0.07% 0.03% 0.03%
164 The mission of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is to assist and counsel American small businesses. As part of this mission, the SBA is continuing to disseminate information to small businesses about substance abuse prevention in the workplace.
Social Security Administration
166 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $18,800,000. $157,900,000. 202,400,000.
166 II. Program Summary The Social Security Act required that when appropriate treatment is available, disabled SSI recipients who are medically determined to be drug addicts or alcoholics and whose addiction contributes to their disability must undergo treatment at an approved facility. Under contracts with the Secretary, governmental and private agencies refer these individuals to approved treatment facilities, monitor their treatment, and report noncompliance and successful treatment to SSA.
166 On August 15, 1994, the President signed the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-296). The law places new restrictions on DI and SSI benefits payments to individuals disabled by drug addiction or alcoholism and established barriers to prevent a beneficiary from using benefits to support an addiction. The new provisions limit the payment of Social Security and SSI benefits to 36 months; establish mandatory, progressive sanctions for noncompliance with substance abuse treatment; generally require the gradual payment of retroactive payments to substance abusers; strengthen representative payee requirements; impose treatment requirements on DI beneficiaries; and establish referral and monitoring agreements in all States. The provisions are generally effective 180 days after enactment.
167 1996 Summary of Request: A total of $202.4 million is requested for the referral and monitoring of an estimated 240,000 SSI and DI recipients\beneficiaries who are disabled because of drug addiction or alcoholism. This is an increase of $54.5 million over the $147.9 million available in FY 1995.
167 V. Program Accomplishments: Program accomplishments will depend on implementation of expanded addict referral and monitoring services mandated in recently enacted legislation (P.L. 103-296). The effective date of the expansion is March 1995. Under the new requirements, addicted individuals will be subject of increasingly severe penalties (loss of monthly benefits) for not complying with drug\alcohol treatment. In addition, addicted beneficiaries and recipients will be limited to 36 months of benefit payments. Benefit payments must be made to a representative payee, preferably a social service organization.
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
168 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $159,800,000. $131,800,000. $213,000,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 121 121 121
Total Bureau of International Narcotics & Not Applicable Not Applicable $213,000,000. Law Enforcement Affairs Budget Drug Percentage 100%
169 1996 Summary of Request - Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs: Continued For FY 1996, a total of $213.0 million is requested to support counternarcotics efforts. This total includes funding for economic and military counternarcotics activities (formerly called the ESF and FMF programs).
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Continued
Beginning in FY 1996, resources for counternarcotics efforts have been consolidated under the Department of State. Latin America $150.6 million Bolivia $60.0 million Colombia $35.0 million Peru $42.0 million Latin America and the Caribbean $13.6 million Thailand $1.5 million Laos $2.0 million Pakistan $2.5 million Turkey $0.4 million Asia\Africa\Europe Regional $1.5 million NIS\Eastern Europe $4.0 million Inter-Regional Aviation Support $21.0 million (1) International Organizations $11.5 million (2) Law Enforcement Training & Drug Awareness\Demand Reduction $11.5 million Program Development and Support $6.5 million ----- 171 (1) Inter-Regional Aviation Support: ($21.0 million). U.S. aviation assistance supports counternarcotics efforts in Latin America. The U.S. owned aircraft are based in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, & Guatemala and are capable of making temporary deployment throughout Latin America. As a result of successful institution building activities, the Air Wing's 57 aircraft (46 owned by State, 2 by Defense, and 9 by host nations) are increasingly flown and maintained by host government units. These efforts are supplemented by a U.S. funded aviation services contractor. In FY 1996, the increased funding will further enhance host government aviation capabilities, support law enforcement operations against cocaine and heroin traffickers, and heroin traffickers, and eradicate coca and opium crops. (2) International Organizations ($11.5 million). The FY 1996 budget request will provide increased funding for U.S. contributions to the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP), the Organization of American States (OAS), the Colombo Plan (a consultative Asian forum), and other international organizations such as the Financial Action Task Force. International programs are especially important in connection with such transnational issues as drug money laundering and improving international controls on chemicals used in manufacturing illicit drugs. INL will increasingly support UNDCP's efforts to target the heroin industry, particularly in areas where U.S. efforts are limited by political or resource constraints, such as Central Asia and Southeast Asia. INL's contributions to demonstrated results in specific areas of priority to the U.S. Government.
171 1996 Highlights Presidential Decision Directive, PDD - 14 (Signed November 3, 1993) identifies international narcotics control as a major U.S. foreign policy objective. Internationally, drug production and trafficking activities endanger democracy, economic development, and the global environment. The Department and other agencies agencies developed a new national drug control strategy that shifts the focus to source countries where the drug trade and trafficking organizations are more confined and vulnerable.
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service
173 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $0.0 $300,000. $300,00.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 0 0 0
Total Emergencies in the Diplomatic & Consular Service Budget $7,800,000. $6,500,000. $6,000,000. Drug Percentage 0.0% 4.6% 5.0%
U. S. Coast Guard
175 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $314,800,000. $306,100,000. $320,900,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 2,950 2,907 2,845
Total U.S. Coast Guard Budget $3,650,000,000. $3,749,500,000. $3,837,100,000. Drug Percentage 9% 8% 8%
176 Operating Expenses. These funds are used to operate Coast Guard facilities, maintain capital equipment; improvement management effectiveness; and recruit, train, and sustain an all-volunteer workforce. The FY 1995 Operating Expenses drug program is estimated at $293.7 million, $35.7 million over the FY 1994 level. It is anticipated that Coast Guard's drug law enforcement operation will increase as international conditions change creating a reallocation of resources from alien migrant interdiction operations to drug interdiction activities.
176 Acquisition, Construction & Improvements:...This reduction is due to primarily to completion of the Operation Bahamas & Turks & Caicos (OPBAT) Helicopter Replacement program.
177 1996 Highlights: Acquisition, Construction & Improvements. The FY 1996 drug budget program request is $5.9 million, $5.6 million less than FY 1995. In FY 1996, the Coast Guard will continue its ongoing program to rehabilitate and modernize its vessels and aircraft. This request is primarily related to the following projects. Vessels $1.2 million for 47 foot Motor Life Boat replacement $0.5 million for Surface Search Radar replacement $0.8 million for 82 foot WPB Capability replacement $3.7 million for 210 foot Medium Endurance Cutters Major Maintenance Availability Aircraft $0.2 million for Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System - Phase II $0.2 million for HC-130 Side Looking Airborne Radar upgrade
178 Program Accomplishments: An unprecedented amount of the Coast Guard's resources were directed toward migrant interdiction in 1994. Despite this national priority, the Coast Guard continued its drug law enforcement program. During 1994 the Coast Guard seized or assisted in seizing 39 vessels, 76,279 pounds of marijuana, and 62,125 pounds of cocaine with a total street value of over $3.3 billion. With the decrease in Cuban and Haitian migrant interdiction events, the Coast Guard can devote additional to countering the maritime drug threat.
178 The Coast Guard recently completed evaluating two nonintrusive real-time detection devices - the IONSCAN and Compact Integrated Narcotics Detection Instrument (CINDI). During the field test, the IONSCAN often located cocaine when a drug-sniffing dog could not. The IONSCAN is now in transition from research and development to the operational environment. By February 1995, the Coast Guard will employ five IONSCANs, strategically located to maximize efficient detection at sea and in the arrival zone. In response to the 1994 Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDET) Mission Analysis, the LEDET program was streamlined from 38 to 31 seven-person teams. The LEDETs have remained on the frontline of counternarcotics operations. Through FY 1994 and the first quarter of FY 1995, LEDETs have seized 83,617 pounds of drugs at an estimated street value of $1.1 billion. ...These deployments strengthen international counternarcotics efforts by linking foreign naval ships in the Joint Interagency Task Force East structure. Federal Aviation Agency
179 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $25,300,000. $18,000,000. $20,500,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 460 430 442
Total Federal Aviation Administration Budget $9,229,000,000. $8,324,200,000. $8,400,500,000. Drug Percentage 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 181 5.4 million for random drug testing of employees who are designated to be in critical safety positions (12,000 tests, or 25%)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
183 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $30,900,000. $29,400,000. $30,200,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 18.8 22.0 22.0
Total National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Budget $298,100,000. $277,100,000. $340,300,000. Drug Percentage 10.4% 10.6% 8.1% 185 Through partnerships with the youth-oriented media, NHTSA has developed youth targeted public information messages. Research has shown that the most effective techniques for these public information messages is through appropriate language choices and the use of entertainment and music.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
186 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $158,800,000. $166,700,000. $183,300,000
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 1,600 1,665 1,661
Total Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms Budget $375,300,000, $401,600,000. $433,400,000. Drug Percentage 42.3% 41.5% 42.3% 186 ...Because many crimes of violence involving firearms are drug-related, ATF directs a significant portion of its resources to fighting the war on drugs. Generally, more than one-half of the defendants arrested by ATF are involved in illegal drug activities. 187 1996 Highlights: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, continued. Executive Order 12837 - Administrative Expense Reduction ($903,000) Critical Equipment Needs - Technological Improvements ($412,000) Critical Equipment Needs - Tactical Safety\Motor Vehicle Fleet Enhancement ($1,688,000) Crime Control Act - GREAT Program ($1,242,000) Crime Control Act - Firearms Crime Coordinator ($6,631,000) Crime Control Act - Integrated Ballistics Identification System IBIS ($1,838,000) (1) ` Crime Control Act - Tracing Center ($4,379,000) ----- 1) FY 1995 drug-related funding of $2,391,000 provides for the hire of 17 drug-related FTE and contractor support for improvements in the firearms tracing process. It will also initiate a multifaceted integrated program that will disrupt criminal access to firearms and provide better investigative services for State and local enforcement agencies. FY 1996 funding is requested to provide grants to 25 separate jurisdictions to purchase equipment, lease data lines, and pay a State or local coordinator.
U. S. Customs Service
190 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $572,900,000. $536,400,000. $500,100,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 5,488 5,279 5,209 Drug Percentage 37.0% 34.5% 33.9%
191 Depending on the projects funded in the Facilities, Construction, Improvement, and Related expenses appropriation, up to 100 percent of the facilities-related costs of the air program, are scored as drug-related. This appropriation was expanded to include all Customs Service facilities construction and improvements costs in FY 1993.
192 Approximately 4 percent of all containers entering the United States will be examined for illicit drugs, while more than 20 percent of the containers from source countries will be inspected. 340 canine enforcement teams at high-risk ports of entry will inspect cargo passengers entering the United States. This effort will be buttressed by military canine teams as available.
194 Intelligence programs include informant development, public awareness, and consolidation of intelligence units.
194 Investigative programs include continued use of Title 21 cross-designation, undercover operations, and recruitment of cooperating individuals; and Logistical support programs include vessel replacement, utilization of seized property, sale exchange, forfeiture fund, national maintenance contract, and storage & refurbishment of seized vessels.
195 The Customs Service maintains a deterrent to narcotics smuggling between land border ports through its air and marine interdiction program. The threat posed by the air smuggling of narcotics is estimated through an analysis of air traffic patterns and local interdiction actions. The deterrent posed by the air program is calculated as the extent to which the threat has been reduced from 1982 levels, the year of the program's initiation. In FY 1994, that threat was estimated at 25 percent of the baseline 1982 level.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 196 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resources $20,200,000. $21,500,000. $20,600,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 160 157 172
Total Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Budget $60,200,000. $56,600,000. $69,500,000. Drug Percentage 34.0% 38.0% 29.6%
196 The FLETC is headed by a Director, appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The FLETC conducts training at its headquarters in Glynco, GA, and its satellite facilities in Artesia, New Mexico, & Tucson, Arizona.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
199 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $9,100,000. $11,300,000. $12,200,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 74 82 82
Total Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) budget $18,300,000. $19,800,000. $22,200,000. Drug Percentage 50.0% 50.0% 50.0%
200 The FY 1995 drug budget is $11.2 million and 82 FTEs, an increase of $2.1 million over FY 1994. The majority of this difference is due to the addition of resources from the Crime Control Act. Using these funds, FinCEN will spend
200 $0.6 million on the drug-related portion of its Automated Retrieval and Link Analysis System; approximately $0.5 million to expand Operation Gateway that will allow States to directly access Bank Secrecy Act data; and $0.4 million to support Fin CEN in its newly acquired role. (which came with the merger of Treasury's Office of Financial Enforcement into Fin CEN in October, 1993) of financial enforcement regulation.
201 FinCEN's second core task is to analyze and share information with investigative agencies at the Federal, State, local, and international levels. Accomplishing this task involves (1) identifying electronic information sources and learning how best to utilize them; (2) building databases and other electronic tools to piece data links together; and (3) building intelligence-sharing relationships to allow investigating agencies to focus their efforts, especially when multiple agencies are looking at the same organization.
202 V. Program Accomplishments FinCEN has built a central data system for an annual estimated 100,000 to 150,000 criminal referrals from banking institutions. FinCEN has also created databases of national registration of more than 200,000 nonbank financial institutions. FinCEN is spearheading the effort to make Federal information and information technology available to State and local law enforcement nationwide through its Project Gateway.
Internal Revenue Service
203 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $113,000,000. $100,900,000. $108,100,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 1,486 1,351 1,351
Total Internal Revenue Service Budget $7,188,100,000. $7,489,500,000. $8,228,000,000. Drug Percentage 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% IRS - CI Budget 412,300,000. 416,100,000. 445,800,000. Drug Percentage 27.4% 24.2% 24.2% Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigation (CI)
203 II. Program Summary The Narcotics Crimes Program of the IRS - Criminal Investigation includes the function of investigating and prosecuting those individuals and organizations who direct, supervise, and finance the illicit drug trade. The Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) Processing function transcribes, validates, and posts to the Currency and Banking Data Base, within the Detroit Computing Center, financial documents, such as CTRs, which are used to trace the flow of monies from illegal narcotics or money laundering activities. 204 IRS will be using the resources dedicated to the Federal Law Enforcement Crime Control program to purchase computer equipment for the Automated Criminal Investigation System. This will continue to equip the Central Region and begin the implementation of the Western Region. The Management Activity of the IRS - Criminal Investigation consists of two narcotics-related components - the Narcotics Crimes Programs of IRS-Criminal Investigation and the Currency Transaction Reports function in the Detroit Computing Center. ...IRS will be using these resources to purchase computer equipment for the Automated Criminal Investigation System. This will equip the remainder of the Central Region and continue the implementation of the Western Region.
206 Total Convictions 347 Currency Transaction Processed $10,800,000. The number of Currency Transaction Reports Processed are expected to increase during FY 1995 and FY 1996 to 11.8 million and 13.0 million respectively.
U.S. Secret Service
207 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $70,800,000. $75,700,000. $69,800,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 641 685 586
Total U.S. Secret Service Budget $462,000,000. $482,700,000. $562,400,000. Drug Percentage 15.0% 16.0% 12.0%
208 It is estimated that 39 percent of the workload of the Investigations Activity is drug-related. This is based on actual staff hours expended in the sample year of 1990 plus an additional 54 FTEs specifically earmarked by the Congress in FY 1992 for drug enforcement activities involving the use of West African Task Forces.
Treasury Forfeiture Fund
210 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $149,800,000. $158,300,000. $147,800,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 19 19 19
Total Treasury Forfeiture Fund Budget $221,400,000. $189,200,000. $185,200,000. Drug Percentage 82.0% 82.0% 82.0%
Mandatory Expenses (Permanent Indefinite Appropriation). These expenditures are incurred in connection with the seizure, detention, inventory, security, maintenance, advertisement, and disposal of property. Mandatory expenses also include investigative costs; remission and mitigation payments; satisfaction of valid liens and mortgages; and the necessary services of experts and consultants, State and local law enforcement joint operations, awards to informers, and the purchase or lease of automated data processing system, training, printing, and contracting services.
U. S. Information Agency
212 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $7,900,000. $8,000,000. $8,400,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 125 122 122
Total U.S. Information Agency Budget $1,267,900,000. $1,184,400,000. $1,300,300,000. Drug Percentage 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
216 I. Resource Summary 1994 1995 1996 Actual Estimate Request Drug Resource $854,100,000. $887,400,000. $929,500,000.
Total Full Time Drug Resource Employees 14,827 14,820 14,820
Total Department of Veterans Affairs Budget $36,827,400,000. $38,190,200,000. $39,479,500,000. Drug Percentage 2.3% 2.3% 2.3%
216 Methodology Treatment Costs represent the costs for all inpatient and outpatient care of veterans with a primary or associated diagnosis of drug abuse. These figures include the cost of care for these patients in the following areas: specialized drug abuse treatment programs, specialized substance abuse programs treating veterans with alcohol and\or drug abuse problems, and all other medical programs (e.g., medicine, surgery, and psychiatry). The other related medical costs for drug abuse patients (i.e., costs for care other than specialized drug treatment in dedicated drug substance abuse programs) is comprised of five general components: (a) 100 % of the other related medical costs for patients with a drug diagnosis and treated in specialized drug program, (2) 100 % of the other medical costs for patients with a primary drug diagnosis and treated in a specialized substance abuse treatment program, (3) 100 % of the other related medical costs for patients with a primary drug diagnosis and treatment in programs other than specialized drug or substance abuse programs, and (5) 25 % of other related medical costs for patients with an associated (not first or second) drug diagnosis and treated in programs other than specialized drug or substance abuse program.
218 VA continues to provide treatment services to veterans with significant substance abuse and psychosocial problems: 39 % are aged 50 or older, 73 % are not married, 37 % are members of an ethnic minority, 62 % are unemployed or low income, 63 % abuse cocaine, 16 % have coexisting medical diagnoses, and 34 % have coexisting psychiatric diagnoses.
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