National Drug Control Strategy, FY 2009 Budget Summary Table of Contents

National Drug Control Strategy FY 2009 Budget Summary The White House February 2008 National Drug Control Strategy FY 2009 Budget Summary The White House February 2008 National Drug Control Strategy, FY 2009 Budget Summary Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ��1 II. Drug Control Funding Tables Table 1: Federal Drug Control Spending by Function �� 11 Table 2: Drug Control Funding by Agency �� 12 Table 3: Historical Drug Control Funding by Function �� 13 III. Agency Budget Summaries Department of Defense��19 Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities ��27 Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ��35 Indian Health Service ��37 National Institute on Drug Abuse ��41 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ��49 Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection ��63 Immigration and Customs Enforcement ��69 United States Coast Guard ��75 Department of The Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs ��83 Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons ��87 Drug Enforcement Administration ��91 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement ��97 Office of Justice Programs ��103 Office of National Drug Control Policy Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center��111 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas ��115 Other Federal Drug Control Programs ��119 Salaries and Expenses ��125 i Small Business Administration ��129 State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ��133 United States Agency for International Development ��143 Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ��149 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service ��155 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration ��159 IV. Appendices Other Related Drug Control Funding by Agency �� A1 Glossary �� B1 Acknowledgments ��C1 ii I. Executive Summary The National Drug Control Budget Summary identifies There are twelve agencies represented in this volume� The resources and performance indicators for programs within drug control programs of the Departments of Education, the Executive Branch that are integral to the President’s Health and Human Services, Interior, Small Business National Drug Control Strategy� The Strategy, which Administration, and Veterans Affairs focus on demand re- is the Administration’s plan for reducing drug use and duction activities� The Departments of Defense, Home- availability, is based on three pillars: (1) Stopping Use land Security, Justice, State, Transportation and Treasury Before It Starts, (2) Healing America’s Drug Users, and are principally involved in supply reduction operations� (3) Disrupting the Market for Illicit Drugs� In Fiscal Year The Office of National Drug Control Policy conducts 2009, the President requests $14�1 billion in support of activities in both areas� Each agency is an important these key elements� This request demonstrates a bal- partner in the drug control mission� anced approach to drug control policy, where activities to The Budget Summary also details agency resources by reduce the demand for narcotics are augmented by efforts function� Functions categorize the activities of agencies to stem their supply� into common drug control areas� For example, resources The President’s FY 2009 request provides for an increase that fund efforts to educate citizens on the dangers of of $459�0 million or 3�4 percent over the FY 2008 en- drug use are designated as prevention� Similarly, funds acted level of $13�7 billion� The FY 2008 level does not supporting drug control programs outside the United include the pending supplemental request of $385�1 mil- States are deemed international� Other functions include lion for counternarcotics support to Mexico and Central treatment, domestic law enforcement, and interdic- America as part of the Merida Initiative� tion� Under this proposal, resources for interdiction and treatment activities realize an increase over the previous year, while domestic law enforcement, prevention, and international programs incur a reduction� Figure 1 details funding by function� Figure 1: Drug Control Resources by Function 4,500 FY 2007 4,000 3,800 3,831 3,749 3,763 FY 2008 3,500 3,403 FY 2009 3,176 3,214 3,226 3,061 3,000 2,500 2,017 2,000 1,842 1,757 1,658 1,610 1,507 1,500 Budget Authority in Millions 1,000 500 0 Domestic Law Interdiction International Treatment Prevention Enforcement (w/research) (w/research) NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY – FY 2009 BUDGET SUMMARY 1 FY 2009 Drug Control Program Highlights Stopping Use Before it Starts: Education ment to provide continuation funding to an estimated 61 and Community Action grant recipients and support the Student Drug Testing Institute, which assists schools in developing, implement- Federal resources totaling $1�5 billion (Figure 2) support ing, and evaluating student drug testing programs� a variety of education and outreach programs aimed at preventing the initiation of drug use� Some noteworthy Research-Based Grant Assistance to Local prevention efforts include the Department of Education’s Educational Agencies (LEAs) Student Drug Testing program and the Office of National Department of Education: $10.0 million Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) Drug-Free Communi- The Budget includes $10�0 million for Research-Based ties and National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign� Grants to LEAs� Under this program, grantees are The Department of Health and Human Services contrib- required to either, (1) carry out at least one drug preven- utes the largest share of resources for prevention activities tion or school safety program, practice, or intervention through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services that rigorous evaluation has demonstrated to be effective; Administration and National Institute on Drug Abuse� or, (2) carry out a rigorous evaluation of a promising program, practice, or intervention to test its effectiveness, Figure 2: Stopping Use Before It Starts and thereby increase the knowledge base of what works in ($1.5 Billion) the field� Schools can use funds to support student drug testing programs� The additional resources provided in FY ONDCP $188M Other 2009 will fund approximately

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