DOCUMENT RESUME ED 317 887 CG 022 399 TITLE Educating America's Youth against Drugs: Federal Drug Abuse Education Strategy. Hearing before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. REPORT NO House-SNAC-101-1-9 PUB DATE 26 Jul 89 NOTE 123p.; Some pages contain small, light type. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adolescents; *Alcohol Education; Children; Drug Abuse; *Drug Education; Federal Government; *Government Role; Hearings; *Prevention IDENTIFIERS Congress 101st ABSTRACT This document presents witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing held to review the federal drug abuse education strategy for educating American youth against drugs. Opening statements are included from presiding Congressman Charles Rangel and from Representatives Lawrence Coughlin, James Scheuer, Nita Lowey, Benjamin Gilman, and Bill Paxon. Testimonies are provided from these witnesses:(1) Lauro Cavazos, Secretary of Education;(2) Dick Hays, director for the Drug Abuse Prevention Oversight Staff in the Office of the Secretary of Education;(3) Laurey Stryker, the assistant commissioner of education :lr the Florida Department of Education; (4) William McCord, director of the Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for the state of South Carolina and a member of the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors; and (5) Edward Zubrow, the special assistant to the superintendent of the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Public Schools, on behalf of the Council of Great City Schools. Secretary Cavazos reviews accomplishments of the Department of Education drug and alcohol prevention strategy and discusses new initiatives of the Department. He notes that the Department of Education supports efforts by states and local communities by providing leadership, disseminating information, and providing technical and financial assistance. Each of these areas is covered in Secretary Cavazos' statement.(NB) ***********************************A*A********************************* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. ****************M***************************R************A*********** EDUCATING AMERICA'S YOUTH AGAINST DRUGS: FEDERAL DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION STRATEGY HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JULY 26, 1989 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control SNAC- lO1 -1 -9 CI% 0,1 4-,1 U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ot/.1- e Of Educit,onal Research andIcnoro.emprf E RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERC) V in's document has been reproducedas we,ved vrorn the DefgOn of organ,iaton Mnor r hencies nave teen rnade tc .rnprowe reproduction Ouildy Pt),tY t V** 'IT opimons stilted dok u -nent 3V nt.,/ nPfeS5a,ly ,PrifeSent offioat fl( Pt uos.t,0,.. BEST COPYAVAILABLE C.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 24-274 WASHINGTON : 1989 Fur ,a1.- /0 the tiverintendolt of Document,. Congre,,Ional Salt-, ()ft S I:tnernrrivrit PrintIng Office, Wtolunglon IX' 20402 If) SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICSABUSE AND CONTROL t 10Ist Congress' (71-1ARLES if RANGEL.New York. Chaerman JACK BROOKS, Texas LAWRENCE COUGHLIN. Pennsylvania FORTNEY H. IPETEI STARK, California BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York :TAMES H. SCHEUER. New York MICHAEL G. OXLEY, Ohio CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois STAN PARRIS. Virginia DANIEL K. AKAKA. Hawaii F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER. FRANK J. GUARINI, New Jersey iseonsin DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida ROBERT K. DORNAN, California WALTER E. FAUNTROY. District of TOM LEWIS, Florida Columbia JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma WILLIAM J. FIUGHES, New Jersey WALLY HERGER, ('alifornia MEL LEVINE. California CHRISTOPHER SHAYS. ('onneatut SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas 131I1 PAXON, New York LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida 1311,1, GRANT, Flori,la EDOLPHUS ''ED- TOWNS. New Y JAMES A. TRAFICANT. Ja, Ohio KWEISI MFUME. Maryland JOSEPH E. BRF,NNAN, Maine NITA M. LOWEY. NPNV York /%1111171=.1-7 STA 1.1' LDW.tRDII "4<tft 1);rc-fi.- Esih rr .' CONTENTS Page Opening statement of Hon. Charles B. Rangel. U.S. Congress 1 Opening statement of Hon. Lawrence Coughlin, U.S. Congress 2 Opening statement of Hon. James H. Scheuer, U.S. Congress ...... .............. ..., 3 Opening statement of Hon. Nita Lowey, U.S. Congress 4 Opening statement of Hon. Benjamin Gilman, U.S. Congress 5 Opening statement of Hon. Bill Paxon, U.S. Congress 6 Testimony of Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary of Education 6 Testimony of Dick Hays, Director for the Drug Abuse Prevention Oversight Staff in the Office of the Secretary 13 Testimony of Laurey T. Stryker, assistant commissioner of education, Florida Department of Education 34 Testimony of William J. McCord, director, Commission on Alcohol andDrug Abuse, State of South Carolina and member, National Association ofState Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors 37 Testimony of Edward Zubrow, special assistant to the superintendent, Phila- delphia Public Schools, on behalf of the Council of Great City Schools ....... ..... 41 Prepared statements: The Honorable Charles B. Rangel 57 The Honorable Lawrence Coughlin 62 The Honorable James H. Scheuer 63 The Honorable Lauro F. Cavazos 65 Laurey Stryker SO William J. McCord 90 Edward Zubrow 109 ' II -4. EDUCATING AMERICA'SYOUTH AGAINST DRUGS: FEDERAL DRUG ABUSE EDUCATIONSTRATEGY WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1989 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSEAND CONTROL, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 9a.m., in room 2237, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Charles B. Rangel(chairman of the select committee) presiding. Memberspresent:RepresentativesCharlesRangel, James Scheuer, William Hughes, Solomon Ortiz, Edolphus Towns, Nita Lowey, Lawrence Coughlin, Benjamin Gilman, Michael Oxley, James Sensenbrenner, Tom Lewis, Wally Herger, Bill Paxon, and Bill Grant. Staff present: Edward H. Jurith, staff director; Elliott A. Brown, minority staff director; James Alexander, professional staff; Rich- ard Baum, minority professional staff; Austin R. Cooper II, profes- sional staff; George R. Gilbert, staff counsel; Rebecca L. Hedlund, professional staff; Michael J.Kelley, staff counsel; Robert S. Weiner, press officer; Melanie T. Young, minority professional staff. Chairman RANGEL. Mr. Secretary, I apologize butwe had a vote, not too important, but a voteon the journal on the floor. The Select Narcotics Committee willcome to order as we continue to review the Federal strategy for drug abuse education. Several weeks ago, the select committee met privately withour distinguished Secretary of Education. At that time, he agreedto appear before the committee to outline publicly the strategy that his department is pursuing to educateour Nation's youth against the dangers of drugs. Mr. Secretary, we certainly welcomeyou back. Until today, Sec- retary Kemp, the Secretary of HUD, has been the only other Cabi- net member to testify before our committee in order to discuss what the national drug strategy is, and he shared withus his plans to rid public housi_ig of the scourge of drugs. We commend you for your understanding andyour sensitivity to the drug problem, not just to chemical dependence, but in recogniz- ing that children have to live in a drug-free environment in order to reach their full potential in terms of education. Some of us, not all on this committee, believe thatwe should not be waiting for the Drug Director, Secretary Bennett, to reveal his broad drug policy. Some ofus believe that we created this position (I 2 for the Secretary to coordinate the drug policies as the leaders of our Nation's Cabinet positions would enunciate them. So, we had thought that the Secretary of Health and Human Services would have a plan for drug abuse treatment, and the Secretary of Educa- tion for education, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel- opment for eliminating drugs from public housing. Then the coordi- nator would try to share with us what is working, what is not working. In any event, it appears to this member that whatever policies we have, they have been put on hold, waiting for Secretary Bennett to share with us the tablet that he's going to bring to us from on top of the mountain. But, in the Congress, in the 1986 and 1988 Antidrug Abuse Acts, we thought that we had some ideas. We don't take pride in author- ship of those ideas. Many of us felt that although the previous ad- ministration thought of these problems as local and State in nature, we thought they were national and important. Most of them, I think, were good ideas. Some were bad ideas, but that's for the Cabinet officials to evaluate as they relate to their depart- ments, and single out those that work, ask that we revoke and change those that are not working, but, more important than any- thing else, to come forward with their own ideas as to what role their departments will play, or are playing, in this war against drugs. We can't win this beating up on the Mexicans, and the Peruvi- ans, and the Bolivians, even though we hope that we will illicit narcotics production involved in our foreign policy. We win this war calling out the Marines, even though we hope the art- ment of Defense will share their technology to protect our skies and our borders from the intrusions of drug smuggling ships and planes. We can't win it just in Housing and Urban Development, Education, and treatment, but together I am confident that we have the resources in this great Nation, once we engage our gener- als in the Cabinet to support the President as he declares war, to win. So, Mr. Secretary, we welcome your presence here to share with us the strategy that you have for your department in leading this Nation in the area of education, so that our children one day can hope that we can live in a drug-free society.