Today, President Obama released the Obama Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy, which serves as a blueprint for the new, balanced, and collaborative approach to reducing drug use and its consequences.

Prepared by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Strategy establishes goals for reducing drug use and its consequences through a balanced policy of prevention, treatment, enforcement, and international cooperation.  The Strategy was developed after a nine-month listening tour, meeting with police and medical professionals, drug treatment providers and people in recovery, elected officials, corrections professionals, academics, parents groups, faith leaders, and others.

Because nearly all Americans are impacted by the effects of drug use, the National Drug Control Strategy is designed to be particularly relevant at the local level.  Whether you are a parent trying to find information on drug prevention, a community member interested in treatment resources and innovative approaches to drug issues, a police officer or local elected official searching for new approaches to drug-related crimes, or someone who wants to know more details about the Administration’s drug policy, the National Drug Control Strategy and the Office of National Drug Control Policy website, WhiteHouseDrugPolicy.gov, will serve as useful resources. To learn more about the 2010 Strategy, visit the website.