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cocaine and was providing the capital bane for coats and benefits of alternative approaches to a growing cocaine-trafficking industry in the centrolling supply or demand Finally, it should state. The Survry did not document this be developed through a well-0rganized, clearly conclusion, or provide evidence to support its understood planning process. other statements. It reported widespread marijuana use among schoolchildren and adults, To provide leadership and direction in drug but did not describe marijuana's effects on either. abuse planning, the state administration might It noted deaths from cocaine, but not from follow the lead of the federal administration marijuana It explicitly postponed discussion and appoint a drug czar. This, however, would of alcohol and of drug treatment to later simply add another layer of government, documents. unnecessarily. The Survry said that "the population of OSP should be made responsible for analyzing heroin users is Hawaii is not considered to be the ding abuse issue and writing a state plan. It major for the state (4,000 estimated addicts).'µ is the agency beat positioned to bring together But it did not explain why the presence of 4,000 the health, education, law enforcement, and heroin addicts in a population of slightly over regulatory elements needed for the plan. Its a million k not considered a major problem. specialty k planning. Other state agencies should 'j]y~~j~p! ~,~~aeas the ne ab~ve~~t be asked both to contribute to plan development, o re ucm t e-man uan"a au °Ysuc-'T'Tas rtv '~F and to implement the plan, in their particular user off` ~ area of statutory responsibility and expertise. a ~ area in" m t"~uana aver m~~awa'"wu ~~~'~f["d~~ Lack of a Statewide Strategy n roue "rays~~`a~m`"e~impse"jamtne hie . for Drug Enforcement f 11exa pntm~ FF-xu, •ia~.rMFN~~aMx a xx,. w..ao unv. r ~ The approach in the report was too narrow A statewide drug enforcement strategy ~ in that it did not assess the relative degree of an action plan that says how to mobilire resources danger posed by marijuana compared with other to achieve the gook of drug enforcement and drugs and the relative costs and benefits of a prosecution. It is systematic, thoughtful, and major enforcement push. comprehensive. It defines state and county agency roles and sets tactical priorities. In the absence of planning, the tendency k to react. Since the publication of the Survry, Hawaii does not have such a plan. the rapid emergence of ice as an abused ding Enforcement and prosecutorial gook, objectives, has captured public and official attention. A priorities, roles, and relationships are range of Hawaii lawmakers and enforcement insufficiently defined. The lack of a strategy officiak have been seeking designation of Hawau has weakened two potentially powerful weapons as a high-intensity drug trafficking area, but in the war on drugs: (1) the Narcotics thk time because of ice. Enforcement Division and (2) the state asset forfeiture program, m which the division, the Responsibility for phusnlag. To be solid, attorney general, and the county police and a master plan should be based on information prosecutors take paR. covering the many aspects of drug abuse. It should include "street drugs," diverted Leadership in plaaaing a drug enforcement pharmaceuticals, and other dings such as alcohol strategy. The attorney general has been the and tobacco. It should be based on analysis of administration's point man for the war on drugs. the problems posed by particular drugs, and the He has been energetic, dedicated, and visible. i 21