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S-Tt77 DRUGS and the CITIES: the FEDERAL 2ESPONSE If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. 1L/-s-tt77 DRUGS AND THE CITIES: THE FEDERAL 2ESPONSE HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMIT'rEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 30, 1992 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control SCNAC-102-2-9 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 58-586 WASHINGTON: 1992 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing .office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Ornee, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-039449-X Ii .- • SELECT COMMITrEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL (102d Congress) CHARLES B: RANGEL, New York, Chairman JACK BROOKS, Texas LAWRENCE COUGHLIN, Pennsylvania FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York MICHAEL G. OXLEY, Ohio CARDISS COLLmS, llIinois F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., FRANK J. GUARINI, New Jersey Wisconsin DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida ROBERT K. DORNAN, California WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey TOM LEWIS, Florida MEL LEVINE, California JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma SOWMON P. ORTIZ, Texas WALLY HERGER, California LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut • EDOLPHUS "ED" TOWNS, New York BILL PAXON, New York JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania KWEISI MFUME, Maryland HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina NITA M. WWEY, New York PAUL E. GILLMOR, Ohio DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands GEORGE J. HOCHBRUECKNER, New York CRAIG A. WASHINGTON, Texas ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey COMMITl'EE STAFF EDWARD H. JURlTH, Staff Director PETER J. CONIGLIO, Minority Staff Director (II) 145477 .. • en u . S. House of Repres . RS • CONTENTS OPENING STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS Page Charles B. Rangel, chairman......................................................................................... 1 Lawrence Coughlin.......................................................................................................... 2 TESTIMONY Jack Kemp, Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs.............................................. 3 William Althaus, mayor of York, PA, president, the U.S. Conference of Mayors............................................................................................................................ 35 Maryann Mahaffey, president, Detroit City Council, chair, Human Develop- ment Policy Committee, National League of Cities............................................... 37 Norman B. Rice, mayor of Seattle, WA....................................................................... 38 Sandra Freedman, mayor of Tampa, FL..................................................................... 40 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Charles B. Rangel............................................................................................................ 46 Jack Kemp......................................................................................................................... 51 William Althaus............................................................................................................... 68 Maryann Mahaffey .......................................................................................................... 82 Norman B. Rice................................................................................................................ 112 Sandra Freedman ............................................................................................................ 125 David N. Dinkins, mayor, New York, NY................................................................... 132 (III) DRUGS AND THE CITIES: 'fHE FEDERAL RESPONSE TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1992 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 11:30 a.m., in room 2226, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Charles B. Rangel (chairman of the committee) presiding. Members present: Charles B. Rangel, chairman; Lawrence Coughlin, Christopher Shays, James A. Traficant, Jr., James M. ~.:.l Inhofe, Michael G. Oxley, Kweisi Mfume, Edolphus "Ed" Towns, , Benjamin A. Gilman, Robert K. Dornan, Nita M. Lowey, Jim Ram­ stad, and Donald M. Payne. Staff present: Edward H. Jurith, staff director; Peter J. Coniglio, minority staff director; James Alexander, press secretary; George R. Gilbert and Michael J. Kelley, staff counsel; Rebecca L. Hed­ lund, professional staff; Melanie T. Young, minority professional staff; Mary Frances Valentino, minority staff assistant; Christina Stavros, administrative assistant; and Marianne Koepf, staff assist­ ant. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL, CHAIRMAN Mr. RANGEL. We have a full committee, and I must say, in look­ ing over the witness list, it must be because we have the mayor from Tampa here. [Laughter.] But before we start, and recognizing that the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee has another appointment, and recognizing further that the enterprise zone bill is going to be before the committee and we're depending on your leadership and support, suppose the chairman of this committee yields to the • ranking chairman of Ways and Means. Mr. GIBBONS. Well, Mr. Rangel, I certainly appreciate that. I came this morning to introduce Mayor Sandra Freedman of the city of Tampa. Mayor Freedman is sitting right here by me, and I don't know exactly what that color is--color blindness runs in my family, but I think you will all recognize her. Mr. Chairman and committee members, Mayor Freedman has done an outstanding job. She was elected to the city council a number of years ago, became the chairman of the city council, and then was elected mayor and, with the resources she could corral lo­ cally, she put together a very effective antidrug program. (1) 2 She will describe it to you. I know it works. I know that she is chiefly responsible for it, that.it was her leadership and imagina­ tion, and her ability to organize and get things done that made the Tampa antidrug program so successful. So, I want to introduce her to you, and recommend her very highly, and I know that you will find her testimony worthwhile. Mr. RANGEL. Thank you, Chairman Gibbons, and we will hear from the distinguished mayor from Tampa as well as the other mayors. We are concerned as to the relationship between the drug problem and those who have the responsibility of managing our urban communities. And we are really very pleased that the Secretary of Housing • and Urban Development is here today. In the past, we've had very little housing, and even less urban development-but we've had a lot of excitement, and a lot of ideas, and a lot of concern, and a lot of prodding, and somehow, because of what has happened in Los '. Angeles, once again our Nation's leaders downtown as well as on the Hill recognize that we need to treat the people in the cities as though they are a part of the United States of America. Until we are willing to invest in our urban communities with the commitment we do have for plant and equipment, until we provide incentives for people to come into these communities and help to rebuild them, then America would not have been responsive. The Office of Management and Budget, in a very unemotional • way, has notified the Ways and Means Committee, and this com­ mittee, that every year we lose $300 billion as a result of our alco­ hol and drug problems and the added costs for health care, and the justice system, and jailing these people, and through lost revenue as well as lost productivity. I really think that under Jack Kemp's leadership everyone has now focused on this issue. The question is, what are we going to do? What can we do? And the hour is late. And, so, I cannot think of a more fitting witness to have at this time and place on our legislative calendar; I'd like to yield to my friend and colleague and ranking member on this committee who will be leaving us in the next session, but has certainly made an outstanding contribution, and his record will follow him with great pride no matter what he decides to do when he leaves the U.S. Con­ gress, and I'm speaking, of course, of the ranking Republican, Larry Coughlin. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LAWRENCE COUGHLIN Mr. COUGHLIN. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreci­ ate those words, and join you in welcoming Secretary Kemp and the distinguished panel of mayors, as we review the national drug • control strategy on tn.'i1 local level. I would like to note that we have among the mayors, Mayor Althaus, of York, PA, who is the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. I want to particularly welcome my home Sta.te mayor here. We are glad to have all of you here. Certainly, the administration has made a major commitment to the antidrug effort in terms of funding. It's been increased by some 93 percent, from $4.6 billion in 1988 to approximately $13 billion in • 3 1993. In terms of drug use, casual use is at its lowest level since the Government began collecting figures on drug usage in the 1970's, a decline of about 13 percent, which continues an overall trend of de­ creased casual use by about 45 percent since 1985, but we still have a problem in the hardcore drug use. The administration has requested $1.2 billion in fiscal year 1993, to address the problems of hardcore use through targeted programs in prevention and treatment. In particular, the Justice Depart­ ment's Weed and Seed Program provides a comprehensive multi­ agency approach to combating violent crime and drug use. Mr. Secretary, we
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