Concentration of Federal effort.

§ 221. Concentration of Federal effort. (a) The Director shall provide overall planning and policy and establish objectives and priorities for all Federal drug abuse prevention functions. In carrying out his functions under this subsection, the Director shall consult, from time, to time, with the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention. (b) For the purpose of assuring the effectuation of the planning and policy and the achievement of the objectives and priorities provided or established pursuant to subsection (a), the Director shall (1) review the regulations, guidelines, requirements, criteria, and procedures of operating agencies in terms of their consistency with the policies, priorities, and objectives he provides or establishes, arid assist such agencies in making such additions thereto or changes therein as may be appropriate; (2) recommend changes in organization, management, and personnel, which he deems advisable to implement the policies, priorities, and objectives he provides or establishes; (3) review related Federal legislation in the areas of health, education, and welfare providing for medical treatment or assistance, vocational training, or other rehabilitative services and, consistent with the purposes of this Act, assure that the respective administering agencies construe drug abuse as a health problem; 86 Stat. 71 (4) conduct or provide for the conduct of evaluations and studies of the performance and results achieved by Federal drug abuse prevention functions, and of the prospective performance and results that might be achieved by alternative programs and activities supplementary to or in lieu of those currently being administered; (5) require departments and agencies engaged in Federal drug abuse prevention functions to submit such information and reports with respect thereto as the Director determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such departments and agencies shall submit to the Director such information and reports as the Director may reasonably require; (6) except as provided in the second sentence of section 213, (A) coordinate the performance of drug abuse prevention functions by Federal departments and agencies; and (B) coordinate the performance of such functions by Federal departments and agencies with the performance by Federal departments and agencies of other functions which the Director determines may have an important bearing on the success of the entire Federal effort against drug abuse: and (7) develop improved methods for determining the extent of drug addiction and abuse in the United States.