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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0102.010 2000-2002 i and law enforcement. Amore detailed program including crack, opium produces, such as herour plan will follow, with objectives and budget marijuana, and a variety oC other dangerous proposals. drugs, such as amphetamtnc, methamphetamme (including the powerful crystal meth, or ice), But the process for plan development remains barbiturates, tranquilizers, and "designer drugs." loose and unstructured. It is not clear who is An analytical approach to controlling drug abuse to charge, the health department or OSP. defines the threat posed by each drug, specifies Representatives of OSP, the health department, the objectives of control, identifies alternative the attorney general, and the Department of supply-side and demand-side means of reaching Education participate in the planning effort, the objectives, and compares the alternatives with OSP calling meetings. However, in light of the associated costs, beneFits, documentation of the process--plans, minutes, assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. This schedules--is hard to come by. analysis is largely messing Crom the State's approach. Although the attorney general's department takes part ?n plan development, the narcotics The only recent document outlining the division of the department does not. Yet the State's approach to drug abuse is a report, A narcotics division was described in the attorney Survey of Nowad's War on Drugs, issued by the general's 1989 Report to the Legislatttn as being attorney general in February 1989.E The report "responsible for the statewide enforcement is limited in what tt examines and whet it proposes program involving narcotics and dangerous drugs."t to urvey con~tat~es tit a eta an an y to support its conclusions. It called for an all- By statute, the public safety department out assault on marijuana by meads of border soon will include the narcotics division and will interdiction at Hawaii's airports and harbors be responsble for developing state policies and -and by field surveillance and enforcement, all objectives for law enforcetnent.z Yet there has to be supported by a major infusion of federal been little, if any, contact between the plan funds. It claimed that Hawaii's marijuana industry developers and the transition team for the public • had overwhelmed enforcement; that efforts to ' safety department. eradicate marijuana by pulling or spraying plants had failed; that Hawaii's unique geography means ~ Hawaii needs ongoing, systematic planing interdiction can succeed; and that interdiction based on analysis of available intelligence on could dry up Hawaii's marijuana industry and # i drug abuse. Instead, planning efforts are sporadic lay the groundwork for interdicting other drugs, ~ ~ and fragmented, driven principally by the search The Survry sought Ccderal designation of Hawaii` for federal funds. This a true of the treatment as ahigh-intensity drug trafficking area, based' i and prevention side and the law enforcement on the argument that Hawaii supplies as much r side alike. as 25 percent of the nation's marijuana Analysis is plantaiue. A plan should be the ~„S~rtiost exclusive oQ product of analysis. By analysis we mean a ana wt systematic comparison of alternative means of t rea o e attaining desired objectives. In drug abuse, the ~ State appears not to have conducted such trafficking problem, with an comparisons. g estimated volume as large as S10 billion annually, Drug abuse in America tewh+es chiefly It concluded that Hawaii-grown marijuana was around the following: alcohol; tobacco; cocaine, being used as barter for importing mainland Comm. Na I~Zi _ ~ PYIe No. Ref, To: Pr~+~thd COMt~L•lI ~ 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 ' ~-pisr_ Imo- `yam l Q1 / I Y'~~ ~ ~ + ~ 1. DESK BEFEREYCE TO HEALYri 6 :IELFAAE EPFECTS .y OF \OISE OC:'OSEA 1919 Of ace of [he Scsennfsc Asauunt OEf:ce of vosae Aha cement and ~oncrol S. Envsronmen ca: Pro[ectsen AQenty ?:spared for uae Sv EPA acafE as a ready rafar ante co snformacson on [tie 'ie alth affeeta of nosae. -.a_DUk Aeferanee vsil De updacaa anod sca L•y• ?.ease a reaa eoa~enu :o the csenntu Au sacan2 ;o cue De pu[v Au sa unt Admtnsacncor. Prepared ander Conc: ac: 68-Ol-L.i; 1 ~ v v ~ . . - ...,r.. ' Va eh chat otha: anw alfaev eaa mina b• paxiatad• f ` Serua can b• aanitaa cad in g ne•?az e! oya, aneludi¢E haadachw, arratabalicy, anaoamaa, dipatiw daaerdara, ed pyehelaEacal daaordars. 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" 6UMMARY OF POSSIBLE ~ewr~ t "thew ~ CLINICAL •~/J~,l ~wa~We MANIFESTATIONS OF STRESS w"" Y 5 CONCOMRANT as'"0 I' WITH NOISE CN"t,OU lr, OYYaMK watt a"Tl YM aurae iYtatYtp YTVRV \ vr[atute atuT(D TO acorn ralttuat Ytrta rOaYlaTa ~ i ~NCaI V tp CM1MOIt i" W~(R¦t weRYOMII ~MTlRINaI YOT1lIT Ke"TKORtIq"t rO11Tg0~1 r"YYtrll t{rOOii RY vYaCetlTricriea 1\ 1 lIG. 3-1 4ov an .hoar ahvaso lotual ruvoaaaa tetsaand' ~pvaaa :rot tha bran aets~au canon o! Cho aucoaoue aat+oua aytcm +hscz :rs;;ar ¦ wnu o! bodsly naeesom u part of a gaaru acna• rupoau. Syatet char say ba a!laetad saeluda tha ;laadulas, easdso~aacuia: ;u crosacuesaal, sad eaevloaluLCa1 gatwa. a. ' ~C~ ~i! t ~.1. ~ Z. G ~ ~ v r r 'I ~ *9_p<f-1t ~ ~ ICONAIIDITORY PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE of ~ '^a ~ EFFECTS -GENERAL -s c~ - _ ~ tihe a neua comsdarad • huleh nrobl_' ? 5 Bosse sa {snara117 vsavad a base{ ona of • osbar of pnara: bselo{ua. acuaen. 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On eha v 4 ~ eonaesoua :aval w ara •larnd and praparad ee raka aersoa. han theu{h aosaa 111 • , J , aay 6ava no ralacsenahsp ce dan{ar, cha bed? wall raapead aoca~acsca117 co eos•a • • • / as • varun{ as{nai. (16/!) ~ o ~ ~ ~ +{a Earance¦ are :sated sn Sacc:on 35, a.{.: (14l. 20/pp. 491 -516i. j •t U~ ~ • y. :Oi'9 5-1 ~ 4~ ~ BENJAMIN J CAYETANO 5~~ EARLI ANZAI pOVEPHpP Of .4WAP ATTOANEr p[MEIIAI O~ I. 3r'• ~iP - • TNOMA9 R KELLER fiAST OErvIY ArmEwEr cEHEAu STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OFTHEr1TTORNEY GENERAL X35 QUEEN STREET NOfJOLULU 4U WAN Y6]t] leoel saE ~ sop ADMINISTRATON DIVISION (808) 586-06 I B July 17, 2000 James Y. Ara;caf~, C-`.air Hawai_ County Cc::nc_1 25 Aupun~ St_'EEt Hilo, 3awaz, 5c?2C Dear Cha~~ Araka<_: ~Ae appreciate the time you and other officials from the County of Hawa_= took to meet with Governor Ben7am~n Cayetano and my first deputy tic. Keller during my absence regarding the sar~~uana eraa=ca=ion program in your County. I was informed that it was a p-cduotive meeting and the Governor understood your ~~oncerns. T_he me=t=-~ was prompted by a request on behalf of six members of t:^.E -a~~a_: County Council for an Attorney General legate opinion. ":~L :axed whetner the various Council actions taken over the fast =our years *_o accept and approve federal grants to eracica.E :~ari7uana com.~ly with th ments o Section 3-16 c` ..e 3awaii Count Charter. team ~ CO}lAC _ r. ~ vears and• _ - _ _ You also aske 'or an ~ on a related issue: whether council members who ::_.e p.~--~~~ ~--=rneys to defend themselves against ~mpeac:;:~e~t t. . brought b ~ .-itizens who allege, in part, •a~,::at_ 3e.._. 3-16 with _espect to the marihuana Era::_cat~~~r could be re,mbursed by the Council for their 'ir. James Y. Arakaki July 17, 2000 Page 2 You further informed us that (1) you must personally advance all costs for any defense of an impeachment petition because the corporation counsel is barred by a provision in your County Charter from representing an official in an impeachment proceeding; (2) you have no assurances that you will be reimbursed by the County for these expenses if you successfully defend the impeachment petition; and (3) there may be ethical conflicts in seeking any reimburse:ment for your personal expense because the six council members who would potentially seek reimbursement themselves constitute part of the full Council that must formally approve any reimbursement request. Thus, you wanted the State Attorney General to give you a written opinion concluding, first, that the Council has fully complied with Section 3-16 of the County Charter and, second, the council members are entitled to reimbursement from the Council for all out of pocket legal expense they advance in defense of an impeachment petition, notwithstanding a Charter provision which bars use of County attorneys to defend an impeachment. As a ~eliow public officis_, I can empathize with your frustration in having to defend yourself from what you believe to be frivolous and harassing lawsuits, especially where you must advance the costs of the defense and where reimbursement is n ertain, For the reasons we discussed t the meeting, however, whether your actions as council members over the past four years with respect to the marihuana eradication program meet the requirements of the County Charter involves solely county issues. These issues include: what does Section 3-16 of the County Charter require the Council to do; what, rn fact, has the Council done over the last four years; do these specific actions meet the requirements, intent and purpose of Section 3-16. Our Department is an agency of the State of Hawaii, and we do not have any special expertise or knowledge on these issues that originate solely from provisions of the County Charter and involve solely Council actions. For similar reasons, o give you an opinion that under the specific circumstances of t e impeachment petition at issue, you and other members of the Council are entitled to reimbursement fcr your legal fees, notwithstanding the County Charter provision barring the corporation cou f om defending officials in impeachment proceedings. Again, facers created by a provision in the County Charter barring use Face of the ~~rpcrat~on counsel to defend impeached officials. s exacerbated by the relatively low threshold establ•s ed by ycur County Charter to initiate impeachment. Our Depart:~ent has no special expertise in this area, and I believe your C:rperation Counsel has alrez~dy advised you on this issue. A~ the meeting with the Governor, you also raised the possib=lity of our Department supporting your request for reimbLrsement from the State legislature for your out-of-pocket legal expense incurred in the impeachment defense. As was ndica=ed at the meeting, while a one-time legislative reimbursement will solve the problem this year, the Legislature may asl, how the County plans to solve this problem in the long term. As we see it, and so long as your ar i s your corporation sel from defending county officials based on assertea violations of the 9 }•ear review requirement, and so long as your Charter provision makes it relatively easy to initiate an ~,-npeac ::~e:,~, Cou;aty officials :l::ays be a*_ risk to advance °rem their own pockets for impeachment defense costs. I also was .reformed chat your Charter Revisicn committee is reluctant to propose any changes to these various Charter provisions creating the di_2mma you face. F_nally, you asked again whether the State could somehow restructure the federal grant process so that the State, not the Count}, remains responsible for implementing the marihuana eradica~ion program, and thus the State, not the County, would have xefend and challenge to the program. I have checked again ..nth and confirm our earlier advice ~':at Very truly yours, Earl I. ?nzai Attorney Gene HOW TO START A CONGREGATION Now that you are a duly ordained gatton, there aze different sacraments you minister and pastor of a congregation of the may perform. One such sacrament is BapGSm Universal Ltfe Church, the first thing you Three types of Baptisms you may use are must do as a Pastor is obtain a record keeping ] )total emersion, 2) the spnnkling method, 3) book and conduct a meeting of the Boazd of the laying on of hands Baptism is mostly Directors of your local congregation, to identified by water and a ceremony discuss the operation of your congregation Another sacrament is the performance Decide where and when you should hold of weddings We advise, and encourage, you congregation meetings These meetings can to do weddings It is a good source of income be held in your home, a rented meeting space, for the congregation and is something all or you may decide to build your own ministers do You, and the couple, may wnte building You and the Board of Directors your own ceremony or use one of the two need to decide how often you should hold beautiful Hies we can send you meerings (weekly or monthly) The Secretary ~Ano$iq! r poptt;~e ' needs to keep accurate records of how many gf ~v,~f~~ meetings the congregation has and how many s, vsingSt 3o1tn'~TS you wr rn people attend the meetings for inclusion on a od, the Supreme Intelligence, or what- the re ~`~""`'°i°R~IY) congrega- ever you wish to use, has called the person ports which must be sent~'d"h~ie,~iia- and ordained him. The ceremony you per- sonal Headquarters ~ form, either by the laying on of hands, or o_ rtant ec ds, is merely confirming what is already n are s ~ don The Universal Life Church goes bet- _ weet~the person and the state and issues a e i e co a r n IicpA~e recognized by the state. The Universal _ kind of services to hold We do suggest tha •'Cife Church does not go between the person yttrrlaiule 1~„1.iC.,ibe or and their God one of the many different Bibles available . e At your Board of Directors meeting of The order of the meeting will be up to you and the congregation, an important aspect you the congregation Board of Directors Some need to discuss is how to finance this congre- suggesttons are that when you do meet, you gatton. One of the best ways is to promote the might like to pray, salute the flag, have music suggestions and matenals offered by the and singing, or read from other sources At Universal Life Church. The congregation may International Headquarters the Pastor usually use the discount program which earns the speaks first followed by an open meeting congregation a portion of all profit from the where others may speak and bring forth their matenals we offer beliefs GO FORTH AND SPREAD THE As a Pastor, with your own congre- UNIVERSAL LIFE! 31 U C~7 V ~ ~ ~ g° y a ~ S ~ x ~ ~ H y ~ - ~ ~ e ~~z N ~ O 4~ O Y~= yyy zZ < 2 ~ ( ~ rT't ~ gcg i < L 8 F ~ ? u ~ v ~ a~ a V/ ~3~ ~q N ~ g 1• E 0 V ` ~ ~ v ~ b ~ ~ ~ ~y ~~~3~ 8~ o ~ o F _ _ L . qy a .°~jY'v~~~` V ~ {p W pq,~ r'k. i ~ y C x C < ~O+ ~ ~ _ • 5C~ ~i v l0 ~ 4, A ` ~ U ~ L z ~ _ y ss ~ Mental Halfh AssocbtlOn In Hawaii County HCR 1 eox i{~, Keaau, Hawatl 9dT49 (BOA) fM-!7~ fax : YdA-Yi26 Knee: ~ ~ ~ Msreh ?A01 Dar Colbapuss and Frbnds, Wa are phased to sand you a copy of our new Sunny of Socld lndlcatbrs • YOOf. We hops that you wle iirrd h hrfonnNhe and ussArl M your work, whstlrer that mans documentlnp the needs of your pency or arpuhrp ~ ch~naa M oublk polky. You all know the enanebl status of the Merrhl Hach Aesoelatlon In Hawall County since the Hawaii bland Unesd Way discontlnued tlrrrdkq us over two years po. We have stnrOpbd valiantly, and haw had soma Generous Indhddual and panty support, but our prospect an rocky. To hNp us corrtlnw our work wllh the Su?wy and other aspects of our public education and oommunlq? actlon, phase consider conbitwtlny:4A. to the MerHal Heaeh Assocbtbn In Hawai County. We would much appncbb your assbtancs; atbr all, mental health b everyone's bwiness, but vw an the ona that talk about k all the timsl All bat wishes, ~ Q~CC.~'/ Beverley B. an J Bnneh DI r tlAentsl FlsaNh Auoclatlon In Hawall County HCR 1 Box i@2, Kaaw Hawaii !6749 (606) 9N-D7~6 fix: 666.662b e~nall: Survey of Social /ndicatora -February 2001 The AAerrtal hlsaMh Aswaafion in Hewail County has compiled its eighth Survey of Sopal InaMcators in which vre'take the tamperaktro' d Harrah County in rogard to a number d public measurements, and, in some cases, comparo the rosulb to olMr corarliss in the state. As in our pravbus Swreys, when oomparod to oUrar oountiaa, - ~ senotla menu xa~siRS tuj in i~ woe re i+:area nsrv - nvrno io onry iZSe or ine aorta's popuiauom. These figuros, and aH that foflow in our Survey, contirrrr th an d the most acute needs for human ssrvbss aro found in Hawaii Count~i. ' ' ' ' ' - ' wrsu~rerr. exw+.aud~ ' This term is roplacrng the ass who also had substance abuse problems. Ws raw ase that the sill phraa is IlmRing, because R doesn't take into account the effect d other abressas, ouch as diabetes, hspatpfs C, chronic asthma, HIV, chronic pain, brain injury or developmental dsabilifiss. AN d these dMordars can exaosrbate mental illnesses, or their symptoms can be mistaken for psychiatric disorders, or their suffedng can stimulate substance abuse, or a subtle combination d a1 d the above. The s6gms, Ignorance and need for moro-informed medical attention rolatsd to those with any, or ssved, d these medical 'cocktaib' needs to be addressed. A special note about data-coN~fing this year. The Stets d Hawaii has no coordinated ayslem of rocording information, wNhin or among dNiaans. The State d Hawaii Data Book for 1999 (the most recent) , a valuable rosource, is now available only on the intamet and can omy be read by newer computers vnlh sophisticated programs, a change which makes d inaccesaibla to much d the public. Figuros in final annual repoAs can be badly skewed because there was a 'shortage d staff to record daU, workers'put the fpures in wrorq' or, simply, that tharo wero errors because the roport was not adequalsly proof road, even though it may have looked professionally generated. ARhough we found stale employees very responsive and helpful, such lapses undermine publ~ oonfldence in the final rosulta We have marked with " any fpuros that we think may be auspicious, flawed or incomplete. Beverley B. Grogan Branch Director AUerrtal HaaNh Assoctatdon in Newell County HCR 1 Box ti/Z$ Kaaau, HawaN N674>i f~l f~7Jft ax: sNN-~t3 aarraN: arooan~llhawaii.net ~hll~II (In some d the foiowing, remember that Hawaii County has 12% d the state's population.) rev " Childn~ registered with the Family Guidance Cerrter( DOH, Child on) as d 10/31!01. Date is questionat>is because. 1. In one section dths reasivad Iiguros, k states that 1,7tf8 kids aro registered in Hawaii Co 2. In another section, that fipuro is 2,553. In either cane, however, R b 2296 dthe state's total c» yes r " C .Data is queatkxrable because: 1. lower than in aU our previous Surveys. It was subsequently amended in a revised pk chart, but the original report was wrong. 2. Ths annual sport had obvaw anon, misprints and internal InconsWencfss attributed, variously, to the way the progrema "court' the entered figures or to workers' mbtekes in entering data. Still, tite final figuro was 22% d the state's total. 4+~ at~eY9i61N._as~a:: si :.6i Countless studies have shorm that children who INs with domestic violence are many times more IUudy to e~srienoe chid abuse, to enter vkrlsM rehtionahipa as adults and to abuse their own children. Hawaii CountLr has over 23% d stele's TRO'a. cal ~w~~awa~ rva~ ~m: _ ; a ~ ; +is~ ustrrwi! In a pereonal communication, Fred Hdschuh, M.D., saki, 'In all my years as an emergency room doctor, I have alnwst never seen domesfic vlolena wkhout substance abuse present. Right now, 1 can't think d once' Thero rs a new federal grant to Turning Pdnt for Families, inc. (former Famiy Crisis Sheller, Inc.) to provide dornsstic violence interventbn services and troatrneM for Hawaiian and part- ,`4iawaifan famiiss who e, 38% of child vkxims a retb that is d,.anv~..arrow.a,d. w n exceptin an assertive IMerverrtron program, in conJuncfion with Kauai Communky Colbga, starting in the 8" grade, to help lagging students or those rwt conventionally motivated. Mental Hwtih Aasoolatlon In HawaB County HCR 19ox Keaau, HawaN 94749 (t4q l44~734 ties: Yi4a4424 e~nrMl: aronar~ihawali.nst P~ctmf A romindsr that HawaY County has 12% d the gate's population... 21 % d these reosivinp food stamps in the state ls) .~MI.+u+A~s+a/~aaaw~~YYFaJ-w a Wes. ~ 23% d those rsoeivirrq Assistance to Needy FamBies (fomrerly AFDC) in the stale c+? 1,~,j,Hw{J.Y:+Y1iauN46w~.4~i....~ J c w~L. _ . .r _......A. i r.»x..F 1e Lowest peraorMl and famNy income In the state c+) amBies below the poverty ~t~ie~y~isit in the slate l+i Unemployment -the hiptNit in the state c+~ ivlMM „q„q~pwti flf Residents on SSI -15% d state total -numerical incroaee d 6.5% over 1999 lel rw,rw...rc,.,,._. w. . ~ ~ AIM fOf f11fM1K atudY 1. Housing - aitordable and SAFE for lorwincome individuals and famiiss and for persons with disabititfss. Thera aro 1300 Section 4 units nranapsd by the Hawaii County Housing AuthorRy, 1300 on the waltkrp list, which is ony opened twice a year. ms 2. The irdsrface between dlnigYmsrMal health services and law enforoemant. 3. Transportation -whet Is available, what is needed, what can be done? Repoli No. 90-6 - January 1990 y~GQ.ti~~p~ MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND THE INVESTIGATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT . OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII i ~ i I ~ - / I ~i ~i Iii lil ;~I; 'I ii'III. it I ~ / ~i' - iiii iil~~l , ~i ;~ll i j i ~1,~,'~~/~S ~r 11 .III j ' - i 1' y~~; I~, it I I' ~I ~ ~ O ~ .~i-=ri n•i -L+F ' -^_•c• -•~ic ~I,..~T..F ^-F ~liE ST.4T~ ':F ~s1'V•>II "zero tolerance" of drug offenses; Many observers view the very notion of a "war on drugs," or at least the current priorities, targeting for special enforcement efforts strategies, and activities of that war, as those locations where drug activity is fundamentally misguided and wasteful of the particularly intense; billions of dollars being spent- Malor controversies have arisen over whether to attack stricter penalties against dealers, supply or demand. Tbere are reports of confusion including the death penalty in certain as to who u in charge, huge gaps between rhetoric cases; and reality, agonizing delays in the distribution of appropriated funds, lack of focus, and more realistic drug-war goals and tougher inadequate knowledge about and evaluation of priorities for allocating scarce alternative approaches.tb enforcement resources (those resources include law enforcement personnel, The war on drugs is complex and multifaceted. judges, prisons, treatment programs, and Witness, for example, the many applicable education programs, all of which are statutes, rules, and regulations; the mutture of widely viewed as insufEcient, overloaded, public and private sector activity; the multiple and unlikely--given government budget levels of international, Fderal, state, and local constraints--to receive adequate effort; the diverse inatitutiooa, such as churches, funding); schools, and the media; and the continuum from prevention through treatment. stepped-up border interdiction and pressure on foreign nations to control production of drugs within, and export The Emergence of Asset Forielture of drugs beyond, then borders; Law enforcement officials are placing increased use of employee drug testing; increasing emphasis on financial investigation and and forfeiture of assets used in. or obtained from, the illegal drug trade.r~ outright legalization of one or more of the prohibited drugs against which war In legal parlance, forfeiture usually refers is currently being waged to the legal process by which government can take property that was illegally used or acquired, of the pro need initiatives, such as without compensating the owner. Forfeiture is 1111 1!~'M'I'rr!"'lCII!"ILl'~tAf~!" an ancient legal doctrine that in recent years ~ has been revived as a wwpon in law enforcement, n or i are ~"~'1~'LL particularly drug enforcement. Federal, state, and local drug enforcement officials arc using forfeiture to take away a critical element of ru eras every criminal organization: "the illegally a eve o crime accumulated assets of its members."ts acne s ere u a ar uo a s arm u This strategy is part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's "integrated u c d court dockets and enforcement program," which has three lack of prison space often make a sham of efforts elements: trafficker arrests, drug removal, and to get tough with drug traffickers. asset removal/Fnancial investigation. Asset 15 -r-- -T.~~T , -f ~ r ~ir ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I ( I It still doesn't work. 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