ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to understand the various goals of drug control and explains the different categories of drug laws. It analyses the role of federal interdiction efforts and provides insight regarding the assorted efforts involved in drug control. Many controversial and vital issues must be considered in designing drug control strategies. In addition to controlling drug use and crime associated with drug use, it is the goal of law enforcement agencies to disrupt criminal organizations that infiltrate neighborhoods and communities. The process of interdicting drug smugglers is one of the primary focuses of United States drug control policy. Through intercepting and seizing contraband, interdiction prevents the entry into the United States of illegal drugs from foreign sources. In 1988, the Office of National Drug Control Policy was created to assume control of the federal drug policy effort and was to be directed by a high-level drug czar.
