[Ed. note: In January, 2001, the Rand Corporation published a study, Improving Antidrug Budgeting, which was conducted at the request of ONDCP Director Barry McCaffrey. The study analyzed 10 federal agencies that reported their drug budgets to the ONDCP and concluded that three of them used reporting methodologies that produced inflated antidrug budgets. Data on prevention and treatment activities were especially problematic; the study found that in 1998, the budget for these activities was 20% lower than what was reported to the American public. The data shown in these charts reflects the officially published data from the ONDCP.] |