21 U.S.C. § 1521 — Findings

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Congress finds that youth substance abuse increased substantially before 1996 and is linked to many other problems. It also finds that substance abuse can be prevented and treated, that parent communication can reduce use, and that community and intergovernmental cooperation are important.

Congress finds: (1) Youth substance abuse more than doubled in the five years before 1996, with substantial increases in marijuana, inhalants, cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, and heroin use. (2) The largest increases were among 13- and 14-year-olds. (3) Casual or periodic youth use will contribute to hard-core or chronic use among the next generation of adults. (4) Substance abuse is central to rising violent teenage and gang crime, higher health-care costs, HIV infections, teenage pregnancy, high-school dropouts, and lower economic productivity. (5) Increases are largely due to youth understanding less about the high risks and to weaker peer norms against use. (6)(A) Substance abuse can be prevented and is a treatable disease. (B)(i) During the 13 years beginning in 1979, monthly illegal-drug use by 12- to 17-year-olds fell by more than 70 percent. (ii) Data suggest that regular parent conversations about the dangers could reduce youth use by as much as 30 percent. (7) Community anti-drug coalitions throughout the United States are successfully developing and carrying out comprehensive, long-term strategies for sustained reductions. (8) National, State, local, and tribal leadership, partnerships, and cooperation are critical to reducing youth substance abuse in communities.

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Congress finds the following:

(1)

Substance abuse among youth has more than doubled in the 5-year period preceding 1996, with substantial increases in the use of marijuana, inhalants, cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, and heroin.

(2)

The most dramatic increases in substance abuse has occurred among 13- and 14-year-olds.

(3)

Casual or periodic substance abuse by youth today will contribute to hard core or chronic substance abuse by the next generation of adults.

(4)

Substance abuse is at the core of other problems, such as rising violent teenage and violent gang crime, increasing health care costs, HIV infections, teenage pregnancy, high school dropouts, and lower economic productivity.

(5)

Increases in substance abuse among youth are due in large part to an erosion of understanding by youth of the high risks associated with substance abuse, and to the softening of peer norms against use.

(6)

(A)

Substance abuse is a preventable behavior and a treatable disease; and

(B)

(i)

during the 13-year period beginning with 1979, monthly use of illegal drugs among youth 12 to 17 years of age declined by over 70 percent; and

(ii)

data suggests that if parents would simply talk to their children regularly about the dangers of substance abuse, use among youth could be expected to decline by as much as 30 percent.

(7)

Community anti-drug coalitions throughout the United States are successfully developing and implementing comprehensive, long-term strategies to reduce substance abuse among youth on a sustained basis.

(8)

Intergovernmental cooperation and coordination through national, State, and local or tribal leadership and partnerships are critical to facilitate the reduction of substance abuse among youth in communities throughout the United States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1021, as added Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2), June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 224.)

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1997Enacted · Pub. L. 100-690 · 111 Stat. 224

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