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«LS2»The purpose of this research is to examine the issue of drug-abuse prevention. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which prevention is made manifest as a feature of public policy and social experience, and then to explore features of prevention efforts that are aimed at improving the statistics relating to illegal drug trafficking and use.
It appears generally agreed that preventing illegal drug use is connected to efforts at both drug-use education and drug-related law enforcement. The phrase «MDUL»war on drugs«MDNM» is a significant and familiar feature of the American culture, and it is commonly associated with interrupting the supply of illegal drugs to the consumer population either by interdiction of such supplies or by using the law to punish dealers and users of the drugs (Overview, n.d.). However, law-enforcement efforts related to drug prevention are also related to, and intersect with, drug education. Further, such education is not confined to the American public-education system as such.
A number of drug-prevention programs appear to have objectives of government-sponsored social engineering, and underlying such programs is the goal of providing educational information about the risks associated with illegal drug use. The goals have both practical and symbolic features. As an example of symbolic efforts in this regard, consider that in August 1994, President Clinton issued a presidential proclamation observing National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day. In conjunction with the National Neighborhood Watch Program, the proclamation requested that all Americans turn on their exterior lights for one evening hour on the day, as a symbolic gesture of solidarity between police forces and citizens (Proclamation 6712, 1994). Similarly, in a review of various anti-drug campaigns in California, Mecca (1993), applauds the Bush Administ...