Drug Interdiction: Funding Continues To Increase But Program Effectiveness Is Unknown

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Author(s)

• McPhail, Weldon
• Davies, Thomas L.
• Jack, Donald E.
• Chatlos, William R.

Source(s)

• U.S. General Accounting Office (Washington, DC)

Details

Published 1990. 23 pages.

Related Topics

• Contraband (Offender Management)
• Drug abuse (Offender Services)
• Law enforcement (Justice System)

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