CHAPTER 16 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION
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§ 1101 Congressional findings
The Congress makes the following findings: Drug abuse is rapidly increasing in the United States and now afflicts urban, suburban, and rural areas of the Nation. Drug abuse seriously impairs individual, as well as societal, health and well-being. Drug abuse, especially heroin addiction, substantially contributes to crime. The adverse impact of drug abuse inflicts increasing pain and hardship on individuals, families, and communities and undermines our institutions. Too little is known about drug abuse, especially the causes, and ways to treat and prevent drug abuse. The success of Federal drug abuse programs and activities requires a recognition that education, treatment, rehabilitation, research, training, and law enforcement efforts are interrelated. The effectiveness of efforts by State and local governments and by the Federal Government to control and treat drug abuse in the United States has been hampered by a lack of coordination among the States, between States and localities, among the Federal Government, States and localities, and throughout the Federal establishment. Control of drug abuse requires the development of a comprehensive, coordinated long-term Federal strategy that encompasses both effective law enforcement against illegal drug traffic and effective health programs to rehabilitate victims of drug abuse. The increasing rate of drug abuse constitutes a serious and continuing threat to national health and welfare, requiring an immediate and effective response on the part of the Federal Government. Although the Congress observed a significant apparent reduction in the rate of increase of drug abuse during the three-year period subsequent to March 21, 1972 , and in certain areas of the country apparent temporary reductions in its incidence, the increase and spread of heroin consumption since 1974, and the continuing abuse of other dangerous drugs, clearly indicate the need for effective, ongoing, and highly visible Federal leadership in the formation and execution of a comprehensive, coordinated drug abuse policy. Shifts in the usage of various drugs and in the Nation’s demographic composition require a Federal strategy to adjust the focus of drug abuse programs to meet new needs and priorities on a cost-effective basis. The growing extent of drug abuse indicates an urgent need for prevention and intervention programs designed to reach the general population and members of high risk populations such as youth, women, and the elderly. Effective control of drug abuse requires high-level coordination of Federal international and domestic activities relating to both supply of, and demand for, commonly abused drugs. Local governments with high concentrations of drug abuse should be actively involved in the planning and coordination of efforts to combat drug abuse. ( Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 101 , Mar. 21, 1972 , 86 Stat. 66 ; Pub. L. 94–237, § 1 , Mar. 19, 1976 , 90 Stat. 241 ; Pub. L. 96–181, § 2 , Jan. 2, 1980 , 93 Stat. 1309 .)
§ 1102 Congressional declaration of national policy
The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to focus the comprehensive resources of the Federal Government and bring them to bear on drug abuse with the objective of significantly reducing the incidence, as well as the social and personal costs, of drug abuse in the United States, and to develop and assure the implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated long-term Federal strategy to combat drug abuse. To reach these goals, the Congress further declares that it is the policy of the United States and the purpose of this chapter to meet the problems of drug abuse through— comprehensive Federal, State, and local planning for, and effective use of, Federal assistance to States and to community-based programs to meet the urgent needs of special populations, in coordination with all other governmental and nongovernmental sources of assistance; the development and support of community-based prevention programs; the development and encouragement of effective occupational prevention and treatment programs within the Government and in cooperation with the private sector; and increased Federal commitment to research into the behavioral and biomedical etiology of, the treatment of, and the mental and physical health and social and economic consequences of, drug abuse. ( Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 102 , Mar. 21, 1972 , 86 Stat. 66 ; Pub. L. 94–237, § 2 , Mar. 19, 1976 , 90 Stat. 241 ; Pub. L. 96–181, § 3 , Jan. 2, 1980 , 93 Stat. 1309 .)
§ 1103 Repealed. Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1007(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4187
§ 1104 Repealed. Pub. L. 94–237, § 4(c)(1), Mar. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 244
§§ 1111 to 1114 Repealed. Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1007(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4187
§ 1115 Notice relating to the control of dangerous drugs
Whenever the Attorney General determines that there is evidence that— a drug or other substance, which is not a controlled substance (as defined in section 802(6) of this title ), has a potential for abuse, or a controlled substance should be transferred or removed from a schedule under section 812 of this title , he shall, prior to initiating any proceeding under section 811(a) of this title , give the President timely notice of such determination. Information forwarded to the Attorney General pursuant to section 811(f) of this title shall also be forwarded by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the President. ( Pub. L. 92–255, title II, § 201 , formerly § 205, as added Pub. L. 96–181, § 4 , Jan. 2, 1980 , 93 Stat. 1311 ; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 973(a) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 598 ; renumbered § 201, Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1007(c)(1) , Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4187 .)
§ 1116 Repealed. Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1007(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4187
§ 1117 Repealed. Pub. L. 98–24, § 4(b), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 183
§§ 1118 to 1120 Omitted
§§ 1121 to 1123 Repealed. Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 104, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 67
§§ 1131 to 1133 Omitted
§§ 1134 to 1143 Repealed. Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 104, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 67
§§ 1151 to 1155 Repealed. Pub. L. 92–255, title I, § 104, Mar. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 67
§§ 1161 to 1165 Repealed. Pub. L. 98–509, title III, § 301(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2364
§ 1171 Drug abuse prevention function appropriations
Any request for appropriations by a department or agency of the Government submitted after March 21, 1972 , shall specify (1) on a line item basis, that part of the appropriations which the department or agency is requesting to carry out its drug abuse prevention functions, and (2) the authorization of the appropriations requested to carry out each of its drug abuse prevention functions. ( Pub. L. 92–255, title IV, § 404 , Mar. 21, 1972 , 86 Stat. 77 .)
§ 1172 Repealed. Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(c)(2), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 182
§ 1173 Transferred and Omitted
§§ 1174, 1175 Transferred
§ 1176 Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 969(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 595
§ 1177 Special project grants and contracts
(a) Scope of programs; priority The Secretary 1 acting through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, may make grants to and enter into contracts with individuals and public and private nonprofit entities— to provide training seminars, educational programs, and technical assistance for the development, demonstration, and evaluation of drug abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and to conduct demonstration and evaluation projects, with a high priority on prevention and early intervention projects and on identifying new and more effective drug abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. In the implementation of his authority under this section, the Secretary shall accord a high priority to applications for grants or contracts for primary prevention programs. For purposes of the preceding sentence, primary prevention programs include programs designed to discourage persons from beginning drug abuse. To the extent that appropriations authorized under this section are used to fund treatment services, the Secretary shall not limit such funding to treatment for opiate abuse, but shall also provide support for treatment for non-opiate drug abuse including polydrug abuse. Furthermore, nothing shall prevent the use of funds provided under this section for programs and projects aimed at the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of alcohol abuse and alcoholism as well as drug abuse.
(b) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated 65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 ; 160,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975 and June 30, 1976 ; 160,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977 , and September 30, 1978 , to carry out this section. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979 , there is authorized to be appropriated (1) 24,000,000 for grants and contracts under such subsection for other programs and activities. For grants and contracts under paragraphs (3) and (6) of subsection (a) for drug abuse treatment programs there is authorized to be appropriated 155,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981 ; and for grants and contracts under such subsection for other programs and activities there is authorized to be appropriated 30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981 . Of the funds appropriated under the preceding sentence for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980 , at least 7 percent of the funds shall be obligated for grants and contracts for primary prevention and intervention programs designed to discourage individuals, particularly those in high risk populations, from abusing drugs; and of the funds appropriated under the preceding sentence for the next fiscal year, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be obligated for such grants and contracts. For carrying out the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982 . Of the funds appropriated under the preceding sentence, at least 25 per centum of the funds shall be obligated for grants and contracts for primary prevention and intervention programs designed to discourage individuals, particularly individuals in high risk populations, from abusing drugs.
(c) Coordination of applications for programs in a State; precedence restriction; project evaluation; application approval; criteria; proposed performance standards or research protocol In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall require coordination of all applications for programs in a State and shall not give precedence to public agencies over private agencies, institutions, and organizations, or to State agencies over local agencies. Each applicant within a State, upon filing its application with the Secretary for a grant or contract under this section, shall submit a copy of its application for review by the State agency (if any) responsible for the administration of drug abuse prevention activities. Such State agency shall be given not more than thirty days from the date of receipt of the application to submit to the Secretary, in writing, an evaluation of the project set forth in the application. Such evaluation shall include comments on the relationship of the project to other projects pending and approved and to any State comprehensive plan for treatment and prevention of drug abuse. The State shall furnish the applicant a copy of any such evaluation. A State if it so desires may, in writing, waive its rights under this paragraph. Approval of any application for a grant or contract under this section by the Secretary, including the earmarking of financial assistance for a program or project, may be granted only if the application substantially meets a set of criteria that— provide that the activities and services for which assistance under this section is sought will be substantially administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; provide for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such programs or projects; and provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant. Each applicant within a State, upon filing its application with the Secretary for a grant or contract to provide treatment or rehabilitation services shall provide a proposed performance standard or standards, to measure, or research protocol to determine, the effectiveness of such treatment or rehabilitation program or project.
(d) Programs and projects aimed at underserved groups; encouragement and special consideration given to applications The Secretary shall encourage the submission of and give special consideration to applications under this section to programs and projects aimed at underserved populations such as racial and ethnic minorities, Native Americans (including Native Hawaiians and Native American Pacific Islanders), youth, the elderly, women, handicapped individuals, and families of drug abusers.
(e) Payments; advances; reimbursement; installments Payment under grants or contracts under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Secretary may determine.
(f) Prevention and treatment services Projects and programs for which grants and contracts are made or entered into under this section shall, in the case of prevention and treatment services, seek to (1) be responsive to special requirements of handicapped individuals in receiving such services; (2) whenever possible, be community based, insure care of good quality in general community care facilities and under health insurance plans, and be integrated with, and provide for the active participation of, a wide range of public and nongovernmental agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals; (3) where a substantial number of the individuals in the population served by the project or program are of limited English-speaking ability (A) utilize the services of outreach workers fluent in the language spoken by a predominant number of such individuals and develop a plan and make arrangements responsive to the needs of such population for providing services to the extent practicable in the language and cultural context most appropriate to such individuals, and (B) identify an individual who is fluent both in that language and English and whose responsibilities shall include providing guidance to the individuals of limited English-speaking ability and to appropriate staff members with respect to cultural sensitivities and bridging linguistic and cultural differences; and (4) where appropriate, utilize existing community resources (including community mental health centers).
(g) Authorization by chief executive officer of State required; maximum amount and duration of grants No grant may be made under this section to a State or to any entity within the government of a State unless the grant application has been duly authorized by the chief executive officer of such State. No grant or contract may be made under this section for a period in excess of five years. The amount of any grant or contract under this section may not exceed 100 per centum of the cost of carrying out the grant or contract in the first fiscal year for which the grant or contract is made under this section, 80 per centum of such cost in the second fiscal year for which the grant or contract is made under this section, 70 per centum of such cost in the third fiscal year for which the grant or contract is made under this section, and 60 per centum of such cost in each of the fourth and fifth fiscal years for which the grant or contract is made under this section. For purposes of this paragraph, no grant or contract shall be considered to have been made under this section for a fiscal year ending before September 30, 1981 .
§ 1178 Records and audit
(a) Assistance records; contents Each recipient of assistance under section 1177 of this title pursuant to grants or contracts entered into under other than competitive bidding procedures shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant or contract, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant or contract is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
(b) Access to pertinent information for audit and examination The Secretary and Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of such recipients that are pertinent to such grants or contracts.
§ 1179 National Drug Abuse Training Center
(a) Establishment; functions; general policies; transfer of supervision The Director shall establish a National Drug Abuse Training Center (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Center”) to develop, conduct, and support a full range of training programs relating to drug abuse prevention functions. The Director shall consult with the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention regarding the general policies of the Center. The Director may supervise the operation of the Center initially, but shall transfer the supervision of the operation of the Center to the National Institute on Drug Abuse not later than December 31, 1974 .
(b) Activities and material The Center shall conduct or arrange for training programs, seminars, meetings, conferences, and other related activities, including the furnishing of training and educational materials for use by others.
(c) Persons eligible for services and facilities The services and facilities of the Center shall, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director, be available to (1) Federal, State, and local governmental officials, and their respective staffs, (2) medical and paramedical personnel, and educators, and (3) other persons, including drug dependent persons, requiring training or education in drug abuse prevention.
(d) Authorization of appropriations; fiscal year availability For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 , 6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 . Sums appropriated under this subsection shall remain available for obligation or expenditure in the fiscal year for which appropriated and in the fiscal year next following.
§ 1180 Transferred
§ 1181 Contract authority
The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this subchapter and subchapter V shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance by appropriation Acts. ( Pub. L. 92–255, title IV, § 414 , as added Pub. L. 96–181, § 9(a) , Jan. 2, 1980 , 93 Stat. 1314 .)