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(Testimony, 11/15/93, GAO/T-GGD-94-49). The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was created in 1988 to develop a national drug control policy, coordinate and oversee implementation of the strategy by federal drug control agencies, and evaluate and revise the strategy yearly. Given the persistent severity of the drug problem and the large number of federal, state, and local agencies working on it, a continuing need exists for a central planning agency to lead and coordinate the nation's war on drugs. GAO agrees with the administration that ONDCP should be reauthorized. However, ONDCP needs to develop better program evaluation measures for assessing progress under the annual drug control strategies, such reductions in hard-core drug use. In addition, ONDCP and the drug control agencies needs to cooperate more in developing and assessing drug control policy, particularly in the area of data collection. Further, the law should be changed to afford ONDCP greater flexibility over the conduct of drug control budget reviews and certification. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: T-GGD-94-49 TITLE: Drug Control: The Office of National Drug Control Policy--Strategies Need Performance Measures DATE: 11/15/93 SUBJECT: National policies Drug abuse Narcotics Drugs Controlled substances Intelligence gathering operations Drug trafficking Law enforcement Interagency relations Authorization IDENTIFIER: National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey NIDA National Household Survey on Drug Abuse National Drug Control Strategy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We regret that electronic text of GAO Testimony is not available at this time. See the GAO FAQ - Section 2.0 for printed copy ordering information. The FAQ is automatically retrieved with all WAIS search results or can be obtained by sending e-mail to: info@www.gao.gov