Using Dollars to Fight Drugs: The Dysfunctional Aspects of Drug Policy Making

Abstract

Drug policy making is the central focus of this analy sis To date, this process has been plagued by some well-known dy sfunctional aspects of public administration This article considers the experience of one state, Kentucky, under the Federal government's new dmg policy initiatives to demonstrate the nature of this policy-making process

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