‍To order the Puerto Rico Senate's Commission for the Development of Community Initiatives to conduct research into the functions of the “Puerto Rico Substance Use and Abuse Observatory”, attached to the Administration of Mental Health and Addiction Services (ASSMCA), the current scope of its statistical compilation and its use for public policy formulation. This legislative research must include an analysis of the need and viability of reconfiguring this program to establish a “Drug Observatory” as a multidisciplinary entity with the function of integrating, analyzing and disseminating up-to-date information on drug consumption and trafficking in Puerto Rico and related crimes in a way that allows a better understanding of this social phenomenon and contributes to the formulation and implementation of policies, decision-making, design and evaluation of programs and projects.

Date: June 18, 2020

To order the Commissions on Social Welfare and Family Affairs; and for the Development of Community Initiatives of the Senate of Puerto Rico to carry out exhaustive research on programs of the Government of Puerto Rico such as “Back to Life” and the rehabilitation programs in the United States to which the Government of Puerto Rico sends those addicted to controlled substances, the coordination process with these programs, their effectiveness, the number of people who have been sent to the United States, the follow-up given to them and the reason for sending these people out of Puerto Rico, as well as identifying the funds used to finance transportation to other states.

Date: May 20, 2013

Budget Request from the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics for Fiscal Year 2013-14