For the first time since the inception of the drug war in the 1980s, the federal government would spend more money on treatment and research than on law enforcement and interdiction efforts under President Obama's proposed budget released Tuesday.
In drug policy parlance, the budget proposal focuses more on "demand reduction" instead of "supply reduction." Demand reduction includes measures aimed at keeping people from using drugs -- prevention and education programs, as well as treatment programs and research into drug use and its effects.
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