STUDY REPORTS SPENDING ON DRUG PROGRAM FLAWED

A Rand Corp. study has found that three federal agencies overstated their
spending on drug treatment by $1 billion, and that the costs reported for
some law enforcement efforts were no more than educated guesses, the Boston
Globe reported Wednesday.

There were no allegations of misspending but the Rand study said flawed
reporting techniques made it impossible to know how much actually was spent
in the war against illegal drug use, the Globe said.