ABSTRACT
The Office of National Drug Control Policy maintains responsibility for coordinating and monitoring the nation's approach to counternarcotics policy. The focus on controlling foreign sources of drug supplies is not a departure from the historical norm, but rather represents a consistent pattern in the history of US drug policy. Responsibility for implementing and executing international and border control programs is divided between a number of agencies. Border Control policies are aimed at stemming the production and export of all drugs, not just cocaine. Crop substitution, or more generally, alternative development and development assistance, is premised on the assumption workers in cocaine production are not predisposed to illegal activity. In contrast to treatment programs, which attempt to halt drug use after it has started, prevention programs seek to preclude drug use from ever starting, and to prevent relapse by people who have undergone treatment.
