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Welcome to Carnevale Associates
Carnevale Associates, LLC offers guidance to governments, organizations, and communities as they confront the
public policy and program challenges of the 21st century. The firm is organized into three practice groups to provide
value and insight to our customers-Strategic Planning, Integrated Communications, and Policy Research and
Data Analysis. Regardless of the project, our mission is the same: to assist clients in the development and implementation
of creative and practical solutions to public concerns.
Recent News/Publications
Fixing Drug Policy,
October 2008. As the United States prepares for a new Presidential administration to take the helm of the fight against drugs, this Policy Brief suggests that we stand at a crossroads. Drug use survey data as well as public opinion reflect a lack of progress on both demand and supply reduction fronts. Drug use initiation continues unabated, poppy and coca cultivation levels are at near record levels, and three out of every four Americans think that the nation is losing its war on drugs. This Policy brief offers the next administration a “back to basics approach” including three essential principles for any effective national drug policy: (1) the adoption of policies grounded in research; (2) the development of a budget that meaningfully supports these policies; and (3) the maintenance of a performance measurement system that ensures accountability.
Federal Drug Budget Trend: Least
Effective Programs Being Emphasized,
February 2008. This Policy Brief shows
that federal drug control budget since
federal fiscal year 2002 has emphasized the
least effective ingredients of an
evidence-based drug control policy.
Our analysis shows that the current
administration has favored supply reduction
programs over demand reduction programs to
achieve its goal of reducing the demand for
drugs. Funding for treatment and
prevention are emphasized the least over
this period (prevention is actually cut).
The mismatch between the budget and what
evidence shows is effective programming
translates into almost a decade of poor
performance and lost opportunity for
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