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Karen Perry, Executive Director of the NOPE Task Force, discuss the prescription drug epidemic's effect on Florida's residents.
The higher education community can play an important in providing leadership for innovative initiatives that address substance abuse. David Anderson discusses ONDCP's new focus on college and university students.
Women and teens girls are affected differently by drug use and additction. Learn how ONDCP is supporting treatment and recovery services for women and youth-targeted prevention messages to help girls make healthy choices.
Drug courts offer an alternative to incarceration and aim to break the cycle of drug use and crime. Recently Deputy Director Tucker attended a juvenile drug court to congratulate a graduating class of drug court participants.
ONDCP leadership met with Federal partners and insutry representatives to discuss pharmacy robberies, which are a result of the ongoing prescription drug abuse epidemic.
The United Kingdom's new Organized Crime Strategy calls for additional tools to fight organized crime and underscores the importance of continued collaboration between the U. S. and the UK on international crime issues.
Drug use affects every sector of society, straining our economy, our healthcare and criminal justice systems, and endangering the futures of young people. While many challenges remain, overall drug use in the United States has dropped substantially over the past thirty years.
To build on this progress and support a public health approach to drug control outlined in the Strategy , the Obama Administration has committed over $10 billion drug education programs and support for expanding access to drug treatment for addicts. Learn about the Obama Administration’s balanced public health and safety approach to reducing drug use and its consequences in America. Read more
Prescription drug abuse is the Nation's fastest-growing drug problem and has been classified as an epidemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Learn more about this public health threat and comprehensive, government-wide actions being taken by the Administration to reduce prescription drug abuse. Read more
Americans are all-too familiar with the terrible consequences of drunk and distracted driving. An emerging body of research shows that drugged driving is also a serious threat to public safety. Learn more about this issue and what the Administration is doing to encourage safe driving. Read more
Preventing drug use before it begins is a cost-effective, common-sense approach to promoting safe and healthy communities. The Administration is working with Federal, state, local, and tribal partners, as well as community grantees, to educate teens on healthy choices and to prevent drug use before it starts. Read more
While drug addiction respects no geographic, ethnic, economic, or social boundaries, there are some specific populations that deserve focused efforts, including
