CONCLUSION

In his August, 1991 statement of the National Security Strategy of the United States, the President declared that the scourge of illegal drugs "saps our vitality as a free people, diverts our energies from more positive pursuits and threatens friendly democratic governments now plagued by drug traffickers." He has also noted that the fight against illegal drugs cannot be won on any single front, and that "it must be waged everywhere at every level of Federal, State, and local government and by every citizen in every community across the country."

The Department of Defense is fully engaged in this critical fight and evidence of the support being provided by the Armed Forces may be found in the villages of Bolivia, in the air, on the world's waterways, along our borders, in our national forests, in our neighborhoods, and in many other environments. Clear progress is being made. If the commitment of the Nation remains strong, victory in this fight will surely be as inevitable as the victory we celebrated at the end of the Cold War.