Federal Goals to Prevent drug related violence
The federal government has put out their annual report for preventing and stopping all drug use. These are the objectives to stop and prevent drug related violence in the united states. Often, drug dealers are violent, drug operations are run by gangs, and many other illlegal actions are taken by these gangs. These actions almost always involves violence.
Objective 1: Strengthen law enforcement -- including federal, state, and local drug task forces -- to combat drug-related violence, disrupt criminal organizations, and arrest and prosecute the leaders of illegal drug syndicates.
By making law enforcement more efficient, it will be easier to catch criminal organizations that are involved in drug trafficking. Cooperation between agencies will further help the efforts of the government to stop drug trafficking.
Objective 2: Improve the ability of High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) to counter drug trafficking.
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), and other federal, state, and local task forces can reduce drug-related crime. By having these task forces involved, it will help and assist regular law enforcements agencies further in order to counter drug trafficking in HIDTA areas.
Objective 3: Help law enforcement to disrupt money laundering and seize and forfeit criminal assets.
Targeting drug-dealer assets and the organizations that launder money can take the profitability out of drug trafficking and drive to prohibitive levels the cost of laundering money. Law enforcement is most effective when a multi-disciplinary approach is combined with anti-money laundering regulations and support from financial institutions.
Objective 4: Break the cycle of drug abuse and crime
By helping stop the cycle of abuse, and by having more prevention programs, we will help decrease the number of people involved in drug abuse.
Objective 5: Support and highlight research, including the development of scientific information and data, to inform law enforcement, prosecution, incarceration, and treatment of offenders involved with illegal drugs.
Law-enforcement programs and policies must be informed by updated research. When success is attained in one community, it should be analyzed quickly and thoroughly so that appropriate lessons can be applied elsewhere.