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108 5TAT. 1992 PUBLIC lAW lC3-322-SEPr. la, 1994 (1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting "and the consequences of drug abuse" after "drug abuse"; and (2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: "(4) The Director shall include with each National Drug Control Strategy an evaluation of the effectiveness of Federal drug control during the preceding year. The evaluation shall include an assessment of Federal drug control efforts, including— "(A) assessment of the reduction of drug use, including estimates of drug prevalence and frequency of use as measured by national, State, and local surveys of illicit drug use and by other special studies of— "(i) high-risk populations, including school dropouts, the homeless and transient, arrestees, parolees, and probationers, and juvenile delinquents; and "(ii) drug use in the workplace and the productivity lost by such use; "(B) assessment of the reduction of drug availability, as measured by— "(i) the quantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana available for consumption in the United States; "(ii) the amount of cocaine and heroin entering the United States; "(iii) the number of hectares of poppy and coca cultivated and destroyed; "(iv) the number of metric tons of heroin and cocaine seized; "(v) the number of cocaine processing labs destroyed; "(vi) changes in the price and purity of heroin and cocaine; "(vii) the amount and type of controlled substances diverted from legitimate retail and wholesale sources; and "(viii) the effectiveness of Federal technology programs at improving drug detection capabilities at United States ports of entry; "(C) assessment of the reduction of the consequences of drug use and availability, which shall include estimation of— "(i) burdens drug users placed on hospital emergency rooms in the United States, such as the quantity of drug-related services provided; "(ii) the annual national health care costs of drug use, including costs associated with people becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and other communicable diseases as a result of drug use; "(iii) the extent of drug-related crime and criminal activity; and "(iv) the contribution of drugs to the underground economy, as measured by the retail value of drugs sold in the United States; and "(D) determination of the status of drug treatment in the United States, by assessing— "(i) public and private treatment capacity within each State, including information on the number of treatment slots available in relation to the number