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  • White House Disburses Record Funds for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

    02/26/2020 11:42:21 AM PST · by ransomnote · 4 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | February 25, 2020 | White House
    Office of National Drug Control Policy All News Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll released the largest-ever amount of annual baseline funding for its High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program.More than $266 million will be disbursed to 29 regional HIDTA Programs in 50 States, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which is more than $2 million higher than the previous year’s  funding level.The HIDTA Program is the Nation’s leading effort to coordinate the action and priorities of Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement partners in disrupting and...
  • White House Releases National Drug Interdiction Plan, Border Strategies

    02/21/2020 12:13:05 PM PST · by ransomnote · 3 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | February 20, 2020 | White House
    Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll released the National Interdiction Command and Control Plan (NICCP), which outlines the Trump Administration’s interdiction strategy to reduce the availability of illicit drugs in the United States.In conjunction with the recently released National Drug Control Strategy, the NICCP provides strategic guidance to relevant drug control agencies regarding interdiction efforts to disrupt Transnational Criminal Organizations that traffic drugs to the United States.“Almost all of the drugs killing thousands of Americans originate from outside the United States. The Plan demonstrates how close coordination across Federal, State, territorial, local,...
  • Nearly $25M Available to Substance Use Prevention Coalitions in New Partnership Between ONDCP and CDC

    02/19/2020 8:58:40 AM PST · by ransomnote · 21 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | February 18, 2020 | White House
    Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program’s Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), which begins this year’s process of awarding funds to community coalitions focused on preventing youth substance use.For FY 2020, this will allow 200 new communities to receive direct financial help totaling $25 million from the White House to prevent illicit drug use and save lives.“Educating our youth about the dangers of substance use is critical to preventing and ending the crisis of addiction in America.  ONDCP’s Drug-Free Communities are proven,...
  • ONDCP Releases Data on Poppy Cultivation and Potential Opium Production in Afghanistan

    02/07/2020 4:50:11 PM PST · by ransomnote · 11 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | February 7, 2020 | White House
    Today the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy released the results of the annual U.S. Government estimate measuring poppy cultivation and potential opium production in Afghanistan.The U.S. Government estimate of “Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation and Potential Opium Production” found poppy cultivation decreased in 2019 compared to 2018, but potential pure opium production increased.  Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan declined 28 percent, from 221,000 hectares in 2018 to 160,000 hectares in 2019.  Conversely, potential pure opium production increased by 21 percent, from 5,550* metric tons in 2018 to 6,700 metric tons in 2019.  Low opium prices at planting time drove the...
  • ONDCP Recognizes Outstanding Counter-Drug Efforts by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

    02/07/2020 4:48:00 PM PST · by ransomnote · 1 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | February 7, 2020 | White House
    On Thursday evening, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll recognized individuals and initiatives of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program for outstanding work in reducing drug trafficking and production in the United States.The HIDTA program, which includes 33 HIDTAs in 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, provides assistance to Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States.“The close collaboration our HIDTAs have with law enforcement across the country is invaluable to keeping deadly drugs...
  • ONDCP Statement on Chinese Prosecution and Sentencing of Fentanyl Traffickers and Producers

    11/07/2019 12:08:24 PM PST · by ransomnote · 4 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | 11/7/19 | Whitehouse
    Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll released the following statement after the Chinese government announced the conviction of multiple suspects charged with production and trafficking of illicit drugs, including fentanyl and its analogues.“The concrete action taken by China is a direct result of President Trump’s strong leadership on this issue, and the personal engagement by many members of Congress in communicating our entire government’s commitment to saving American lives. China’s fentanyl trafficking and production prosecution is a positive step in following through on the pledge secured by President Trump. We look forward to...
  • FindTreatment.gov Launches to Help More Americans Find Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

    10/30/2019 12:13:46 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 11 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | 10/30/19 | Whitehouse
    Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll released the following statement after the Trump Administration unveiled FindTreatment.gov, a substance abuse treatment locator. The tool, which can be accessed at FindTreatment.gov, allows Americans to find substance use treatment for themselves or others. “When someone opens up about their struggles with addiction, it’s critical they and their loved ones have the right resources to quickly find help, and that’s exactly what this treatment locator aims to provide. Every situation is unique, and the Trump Administration continues to support people who seek substance use treatment on their...
  • ONDCP Designates 13 New Counties to Curb Drug Trafficking

    09/10/2019 7:11:17 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 1 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | 0/10/19 | Whitehouse
    ONDCP Designates 13 New Counties to Curb Drug Trafficking  HEALTHCARE  Issued on: September 10, 2019       Office of National Drug Control Policy ALL NEWS Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announced it is adding 13 additional counties across 12 states to its existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program.Designation of these areas will facilitate coordination among Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement partners focused on disrupting and dismantling drug trafficking organizations. The newly designated counties, with the names of the existing HIDTA they will be joining, include: Boyd County, Kentucky (Appalachia...
  • Trump budget could ax arts, public broadcasting, anti-drug office: report

    02/18/2017 9:03:19 PM PST · by Enlightened1 · 55 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/18/17 | ELLIOT SMILOWITZ
    The White House is considering eliminating funding for arts, public broadcasting and legal services to cut domestic spending, according to the New York Times. The Times reported late Friday that it obtained an internal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo containing a “hit list” of programs that could be axed. Reportedly on the list: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Americorps, the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Export-Import Bank, among others. Cutting the programs listed on the memo would save about $2.5 billion, the Times reported....
  • Lakeview man gets 10 years for almost 7,500 pot plants

    12/16/2008 10:36:28 PM PST · by MovementConservative · 40 replies · 3,554+ views
    The Oregonian ^ | Tuesday December 16, 2008, 4:43 PM | by Lynne Terry
    A jury sentenced a Lakeview man to 10 years in prison for growing nearly 7,500 marijuana plants. Andrew Stever, 40, was sentenced on Monday after a three-day trial in the Federal District Court in Medford.Ten years is the mandatory minimum sentence for anyone convicted of growing 1,000 or more pot plants. In July 2007, officers from several local, state and federal agencies found 7,459 plants growing on Stever's Lakeview property, which bordered Forest Service land. Two men fled the scene, leaving behind personal property and three firearms, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Portland. Physical evidence and testimony linked...
  • Youth Drug Use at a Five Year Low, New Survey Shows

    09/06/2007 9:18:22 AM PDT · by vietvet67 · 7 replies · 215+ views
    prnewswire ^ | Sept 6, 2007 | Office of National Drug Control Policy
    25 Percent Drop in Marijuana Use by Teen Boys More Youths Starting Drug Use with Painkillers Than Marijuana; Prescription Drug Abuse Remains a Concern WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Overall illicit drug use among teens ages 12-17 is at a five year low, according to the largest and most comprehensive study of drug use in the United States, released today. But when it comes to youth, nonmedical use of painkillers continues to be an area of concern, with more recent initiates (2.2 million) than any illicit drug, reveals the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Since 2002, current...
  • The ONDCP's Mad Libs™ Approach to Drug Use Statistics

    09/10/2007 12:10:36 PM PDT · by cryptical · 5 replies · 382+ views
    Reason Magazine ^ | September 10, 2007 | Jacob Sullum
    These are perilous times for drug warriors. With self-reported illicit drug use flat or declining, there is a danger of complacency—or, worse, smaller budgets. At the same time, it's important to claim a victory now and then; otherwise taxpayers may begin to worry that their money is being wasted in a futile effort to stop people from using politically incorrect intoxicants. In its description of the latest numbers from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the Office of National Drug Control Policy walks that thin line between gratitude and apathy, panic and hopelessness: YOUTH DRUG USE AT A FIVE...
  • Feds will retry pot activist (our tax dollars on drugs)

    04/13/2007 2:19:13 PM PDT · by socrates_shoe · 27 replies · 694+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 4/13/2007 | Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
    The government will retry a prominent marijuana advocate on cultivation charges even though he faces no punishment if convicted, beyond the one day in jail he's already served, a federal prosecutor said today. Prosecutors decided on a second trial for Ed Rosenthal after a "thorough and careful review,'' Assistant U.S. Attorney George Bevan told U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer... Defense lawyer Shari Greenberger said she would ask Breyer to order the government to reimburse Rosenthal for the time his lawyers spent getting the new charges dismissed.
  • Rhode Island legalizes medical marijuana; House overrides governor's veto

    01/03/2006 1:00:01 PM PST · by SmithL · 843 replies · 4,933+ views
    AP ^ | 1/3/6 | M.L. JOHNSON
    Providence, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island on Tuesday became the 11th state to legalize medical marijuana and the first since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that patients who use the drug can still be prosecuted under federal law. The House overrode a veto by Gov. Don Carcieri, 59-13, allowing people with illnesses such as cancer and AIDS to grow up to 12 marijuana plants or buy 2.5 ounces of marijuana to relieve their symptoms. Those who do are required to register with the state and get an identification card. Federal law prohibits any use of marijuana, but Maine,...
  • Dutch Take Sober Look at Pot Laws

    01/01/2006 8:11:50 AM PST · by Wolfie · 139 replies · 2,373+ views
    Philadephia Inquirer ^ | Jan. 01, 2006
    Dutch Take Sober Look at Pot Laws Marijuana can be sold and smoked in the Netherlands, but not grown or shipped. Wider legalization is debated. Amsterdam -- Paul Wilhelm speaks about marijuana the way a vintner might discuss wine. He talks of aroma, taste and texture, of flowering periods, of the pros and cons of hydroponic cultivation. Wilhelm's connoisseurship might earn him a long prison sentence in the United States, but here in the Netherlands, he's just another taxpaying businessman. He owns a long-established pot emporium - the Dutch call them "coffee shops" - where customers can sidle up to...
  • GAO: Data too fuzzy to measure drug war

    01/01/2006 4:26:38 PM PST · by JTN · 135 replies · 1,001+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | December 24, 2005 | DAVID ADAMS
    Although the drug czar says usage and supply are shriveling, a report says his stats are sketchy. MIAMI - It has never been easy measuring success in the drug war. It's an illegal trade after all, and no one on Wall Street is tracking its performance. But now comes a disturbing new congressional report that raises doubts about recent upbeat claims by the White House. The 52-page report released this month by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, questions the reliability of key U.S. government drug trafficking data. Official stats are so sketchy and unreliable as to...
  • Cannabis 'Scrips to Calm Kids?

    04/20/2004 10:16:34 AM PDT · by tdadams · 82 replies · 308+ views
    Fox News ^ | April 20, 2004 | Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
    <p>WASHINGTON — As a California pediatrician and 49-year-old mother of two teenage daughters, Claudia Jensen says pot might prove to be the preferred medical treatment for attention deficit disorder (search) — even in adolescents.</p>
  • U.S. Targets Prescription Drug Abuse, Web Pharmacies

    03/01/2004 3:06:11 PM PST · by yonif · 6 replies · 247+ views
    Reuters ^ | Mon 1 March, 2004 | Susan Heavey
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Monday expanded efforts to fight illegal diversion and abuse of prescription drugs such as painkillers and sedatives. Officials said they were taking particular aim at Internet pharmacies that sell controlled substances illegally and create easy access for teenagers, 14 percent of whom abuse prescription drugs. "We intend to curtail this vicious practice that targets our youth in particular because of their access and interest in the Internet," John Walters, head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, or ONDCP, said at a press conference. The effort was announced by the...
  • Bush Policy To Target Prescription Drugs (Tracking patients' use key part of new anti-drug effort)

    03/01/2004 10:48:19 AM PST · by Wolfie · 198+ views
    Associated Press ^ | March 1, 2004
    Bush Policy To Target Prescription Drugs Tracking patients' use key part of new anti-drug effort WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's national anti-drug strategy will for the first time target the use of pain relievers, sedatives and stimulants for nonmedical purposes, a problem that has exploded in the last decade. A key part of the strategy being released Monday involves government efforts to help states develop monitoring systems to track a patient's use of prescription medicine. The monitoring programs flag cases that indicate a pattern of abuse, such as "doctor shopping," where a patient gets prescriptions for drugs from multiple physicians....
  • Bush Anti-Drug Plan to Target Painkillers

    03/01/2004 10:44:31 AM PST · by Moleman · 93 replies · 890+ views
    AP ^ | 3/1/04
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's national anti-drug strategy will for the first time target the use of pain relievers, sedatives and stimulants for nonmedical purposes, a problem that has exploded in the last decade.A key part of the strategy being released Monday involves government efforts to help states develop monitoring systems to track a patient's use of prescription medicine. The monitoring programs flag cases that indicate a pattern of abuse, such as "doctor shopping," where a patient gets prescriptions for drugs from multiple physicians.Prescription medicine now ranks second, behind marijuana, among drugs most abused by adults and young people, said...