During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Americans considered the drug issue a major concern, and public awareness about drug traficking and drug abuse increased significantly. The media had provided the American people with critical information about the damage caused by drugs.

Jul 21, 1999 · Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the strategies and operations of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the 1990s, focusing on: (1) what major enforcement strategies, programs, initiatives, and approaches DEA has implemented in the 1990s to carry out its mission, including its efforts to: (a) target and investigate ...

Two of the most significant features of the drug trade in the mid-1990s were its scope and sophistication. The drug trade had expanded into a global problem, and the unprecedented power and wealth of the traffickers allowed them to manage their world wide business with the most sophisticated technology and com.

Specifically, the report discusses (1) what major enforcement strategies, programs, initiatives, and approaches DEA has implemented in the 1990s to carry out its mission, including its efforts to (a) target and investigate national and international drug traffickers and (b) help state and local law enforcement agencies combat drug offenders and ...

DEA staff grew from 6,000 in 1990 to 8,400 in 1998. During the 1990s, DEA strengthened many of its operations. The agency began to work more closely with state and local law enforcement and help combat drug-related violent crime in local communities.

Drugs and Crime Facts, 1990 presents the most current Information available relating to drugs and crime published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics In 25 different reports. Among reports pub lished In fiscal and calendar 1990 were the following:

However, in the 1990s the pendulum is swinging the other way as the number of marijuana arrests is again increasing. Regionally, when examining the year 1995 over 1990, the South, the most populous...

DEA History in Depth (1985–1990), The Crack Epidemic at the DEA Oversight hearing of the DEA by the Subcommittee on Crime; July 29, 1999 at The House "How Bad Was Crack Cocaine?"

This discussion of the strategies and operations of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the 1990's addresses the major enforcement strategies, programs, initiatives and approaches the DEA has implemented; whether DEA's operations are consistent with the National Drug Control Strategy; and how DEA determined its fiscal year 1998 ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating illicit drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S.