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Contents: the purposes and nature of strategy (a comprehensive 10-year plan); profile of drug abusers (trends in youth drug abuse; health consequences; cost of drug-related crime; illegal drugs remain available); strategic goals and objectives (demand and supply reduction; goals and objectives; measures of effectiveness); a comprehensive approach (youth oriented initiatives; initiatives to reduce drug-related crime and violence; reduce health and social problems; shield our frontiers; reduce drug availability); and resources to implement the strategy.

Hearing on the President's national drug control strategy for 1996. Witnesses include: Barry R. McCaffrey, Dir., Office of National Drug Control Policy; and a panel consisting of John P. Walters, pres., New Citizenship Project; and Peter Reuter, prof., School of Public Affairs and Dept. of Criminology, Univ. of Maryland. Also, statements of committee members: Sens. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah; Spencer Abraham, Michigan; Charles E. Grassley, Iowa; Fred Thompson, Tennessee; Dianne Feinstein, California; and Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware. Charts and tables.