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Exhibit 1010

ONDCP Media Campaign: Contractor's National Evaluation Did Not Find That the Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Was Effective in Reducing Youth Drug Use (GAO-06-818)

Exhibit 1010 ยท GAO report

ONDCP Media Campaign: Contractor's National Evaluation Did Not Find That the Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Was Effective in Reducing Youth Drug Use (GAO-06-818)

the evaluation provides credible evidence that the campaign was not effective in reducing youth drug use

Reviews Westat's national evaluation. Reports $1.225 billion appropriated FY1998-FY2004 (p. 9). Finds no significant favorable effects on marijuana initiation or cessation and some unfavorable effects in subgroups. Recommends Congress consider limiting appropriations. ONDCP's written comments generally disagreed.

Source
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Date
25 August 2006
Quoted from
Highlights, 'What GAO Found'
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-06-818
Accessed
2026-11-10
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Note
Read from the Wayback copy of gao.gov/assets/gao-06-818.pdf (page-level extraction; full-text extraction truncated). GAO also wrote 'We believe the Westat study is sound.' (Highlights). ONDCP's written comments said it was 'puzzled' that GAO made no recommendations to improve the campaign.

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Finding INF-2.8
Primary record Congress appropriated $1.225 billion for the Office of National Drug Control Policy's youth anti-drug media campaign for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, and GAO reported in 2006 that "the evaluation provides credible evidence that the campaign was not effective in reducing youth drug use."