§ 1102. Congressional declaration of national policy

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The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to focus the comprehensive resources of the Federal Government and bring them to bear on drug abuse with the objective of significantly reducing the incidence, as well as the social and personal costs, of drug abuse in the United States, and to develop and assure the implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated long-term Federal strategy to combat drug abuse. To reach these goals, the Congress further declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to meet the problems of drug abuse through—

(1)comprehensive Federal, State, and local planning for, and effective use of, Federal assistance to States and to community-based programs to meet the urgent needs of special populations, in coordination with all other governmental and nongovernmental sources of assistance;

(2)the development and support of community-based prevention programs;

(3)the development and encouragement of effective occupational prevention and treatment programs within the Government and in cooperation with the private sector; and

(4)increased Federal commitment to research into the behavioral and biomedical etiology of, the treatment of, and the mental and physical health and social and economic consequences of, drug abuse.

(Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 102, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 94–237, § 2, Mar. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 241; Pub. L. 96–181, § 3, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1309.)

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Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 102
86 Stat. 66
Pub. L. 94–237, § 2
90 Stat. 241
Pub. L. 96–181, § 3
93 Stat. 1309
Pub. L. 92–255
86 Stat. 65
Pub. L. 96–181
Pub. L. 94–237

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§ 1102

Congressional declaration of national policy

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U.S.C.§ 1101

Pub. L.Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 102

Stat.86 Stat. 66

Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–237, § 2

Stat.90 Stat. 241

Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–181, § 3

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