STRATEGY
President Bush submitted his administration's original National Drug Control Strategy to Congress on September 5, 1989. It was updated in January 1990 and February 1991. According to this strategy, the U.S. policy is to ``disrupt, dismantle, and ultimately to destroy the illegal market for drugs by attacking both the supply and demand sides of the drug problem.'' To accomplish this mission, all available tools will be used: criminal justice system; drug treatment programs; prevention activities in schools, businesses, and communities; international efforts; interdiction strategies; and numerous intelligence and research resources.
The Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) has made CD production, trafficking, and use a high priority mission for the DoD and, consequently, Department of the Army (DA). The SECDEF stated in his DoD guidance that "International trafficking of drugs is a national security problem and since protection of the national security is a DoD responsibility, then the countering of trafficking efforts is a high priority mission for DoD." In response to this mission, the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff signed and distributed the Army Counternarcotics Plan on April 17, 1990. This plan articulates a clear statement of intent and provides major subordinate commanders and DA staff with the broad guidance required to develop courses of action.
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