White House Drug Policy: An Ounce More of Prevention

Policy shift in US drug control
WASHINGTON – PRESIDENT Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a revised approach to ‘confronting the complex challenge of drug use and its consequences,’ putting more resources into drug prevention and treatment. The new drug control strategy boosts community-based anti-drug programs, encourages health care providers to screen for drug problems before addiction sets in and expands treatment beyond …

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New drug control strategy signals policy shift
Four decades after President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” the White House on Tuesday announced a shift in national drug policy that would treat illegal drug use more as a public health issue and plunge more resources into prevention and treatment.

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White House drug policy: an ounce more of prevention
The White House drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, brings the problem of drug abuse home when he points out that “it touches virtually all of us.”

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