Collapse to view only § 1521. Findings
§ 1521. Findings
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.
(Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1021, as added Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2), June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 224.)
§ 1522. Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are—
(1) to reduce substance use and misuse among youth in communities throughout the United States, and over time, to reduce substance use and misuse among adults;
(2) to strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal Government, and State, local, and tribal governments;
(3) to enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination on the issue of substance use and misuse among youth;
(4) to serve as a catalyst for increased citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors and organizations of a community that first demonstrates a long-term commitment to reducing substance use and misuse among youth;
(5) to rechannel resources from the fiscal year 1998 Federal drug control budget to provide technical assistance, guidance, and financial support to communities that demonstrate a long-term commitment in reducing substance use and misuse among youth;
(6) to disseminate to communities timely information regarding the state-of-the-art practices and initiatives that have proven to be effective in reducing substance use and misuse among youth;
(7) to enhance, not supplant, local community initiatives for reducing substance use and misuse among youth; and
(8) to encourage the creation of and support for community anti-drug coalitions throughout the United States.
(Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1022, as added Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2), June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 225; amended Pub. L. 115–271, title VIII, § 8203(b)(1), Oct. 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 4111; Pub. L. 116–74, § 2(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II), Nov. 27, 2019, 133 Stat. 1157.)
§ 1523. Definitions
In this subchapter:
(1) Administrator
(2) Advisory Commission
(3) Community
(4) Director
(5) Eligible coalition
(6) Grant recipient
(7) Nonprofit organization
(8) Program
(9) Substance use and misuse
The term “substance use and misuse” means—
(A) the illegal use or misuse of drugs, including substances for which a listing is effect 2
2 So in original.
under any of schedules I through V under section 812 of this title;(B) the misuse of inhalants or over-the-counter drugs; or
(C) the use of alcohol, tobacco, or other related product as such use is prohibited by State or local law.
(10) Youth
(Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1023, as added Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2), June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 225; amended Pub. L. 115–271, title VIII, § 8203(b)(2), Oct. 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 4111; Pub. L. 116–74, § 2(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II), Nov. 27, 2019, 133 Stat. 1157.)
§ 1524. Authorization of appropriations
(a) In general
(b) Administrative costs
(Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1024, as added Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2), June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 226; amended Pub. L. 107–82, § 1(b), (c), Dec. 14, 2001, 115 Stat. 817; Pub. L. 109–469, title VIII, § 801, Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3535; Pub. L. 115–271, title VIII, § 8203(a)(3)(A), (b)(3), formerly § 8203(a)(4)(A), (b)(3), Oct. 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 4111, renumbered Pub. L. 116–74, § 2(c)(1)(A)(i)(IV), Nov. 27, 2019, 133 Stat. 1157; Pub. L. 116–74, § 2(c)(1)(A)(i)(V), (ii)(II), Nov. 27, 2019, 133 Stat. 1157.)