The Military War on Drugs

<p>Over the last two decades more than $1795 billion have been spent by the Department of Defense (DoD) and other government agencies combating the importation and illegal use of drugs into the United States. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the U.S. military efforts played either a positive negative or neutral role in Drug Enforcement Operations (DEO)? To determine the effectiveness of the military contributions several questions are asked and answered. The paper looks at various measures of effectiveness (MOE) total costs to the military and the outcome of the DoD effort. It also provides some background on the counterdrug effort and shows drug abuse in America is nothing new. Current measures of effectiveness (MOE) for drug enforcement operations include the retail or street price of drugs in various US cities which reflects the supply of illegal drugs.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>