[Djarum]

In this case, the decrease in overall drug use, occured in direct relationship with the increase in anti-drug funding, for law enforcement activities and adherence to strict sentencing guidelines, by the criminal justice system. In other words, the correlation exists and is obvious.

You haven't established that the increase in enforcement caused a decrease in drug use: As a car sped up, a bird flying above slowed down. Was the bird influenced by the car or did it slow down for another reason?

[Reagan Man]

There were increases in funding for the national drug control policy throughout the 1970`s and this trend accelerated under President Reagan in the 1980`s. Local law enforcement agencies busted many drugs dealers and users/abusers. The criminal justice system put these dopers in jail, were they belonged and were they couldn't harm society. All the statistics I've seen, from SAMHSA, the DEA website, the Bureau of Jusice Statistics and several others, point to these facts as conclusive evidence that across the board reductions in drug use, were brought about through increases in law enforcement efforts and a pro-active court system that handed down proper sentencing to the drug criminals. Those are the facts.