title: The Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970: Retrospective Assessments of Disparate Treatment and Consequential Impact.
abstract: Although the basic paradigm of the U.S. federal drug policy targeting the supply and demand reduction has not changed since its enactment in 1970, there have been seriously undesirable disparate treatments and impacts among various population groups. Although U.S. Congress could not define what is discrimination, it did provide two major criteria for the assessment of discriminatory practices as follows: (a) disparate treatment-basing a key decision on association with any of the five prohibited individual's demographic classifications (race, color, religion, sex, or national origin); and (b) disparate impact-correlation between any of the five prohibited demographic classifications and the key outcomes. In reference to those criteria, this article describes evidence-based indicators of national failure of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Hide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamatani
authors.affiliation: b The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work , Norfolk State University , Norfolk , Virginia , USA.
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feit
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D011050:Policy Making; D011287:Prejudice; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States
keywords: U.S. federal drug policy; disparate impact; disparate treatment; racial discrimination