US Gov Agencies on Drugs (for all/large part of their work)

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair

This blog dedicated to questions, facts and links to sources to act as a counterweight to a century+ of drug prohibition, and the propaganda and misinformation generated by the American government.

Let’s start with a list of the Federal agencies which have a mission that have a mission that is wholy or largely drug prohibition or 12-steps/recovery:

AFP(Asset Forfeiture Program of DOJ)
Bureau of Justice Statistics Drug and Crime Facts
Bureau of Prisons Inmates Substance Abuse Treatment
CSAP (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention)
CSAT (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment)
Coast Guard Operation Gulf Shield, Operation Border Shield)
CCDO (Community Capacity Development Office of DOJ)
CFR (Certification of Opioid Treatment Programs)
COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services)
DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency – of course)

Executive Office for Organized Drug Crimes Enforcement Task Force
FDA
Federal Substance Abuse Block Grants
Federal Drug Enforcement Agencies Register
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
ICE (Immigrations nd Customs Service Narcotics Enforcement)
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking
National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
National Advisory Council on Prescription Drug Misuse
National Anti-Drug Use Media Campaign

NCADI (National Clearinghouse of Drug and Alcohol Info)
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
National Guard Bureau Counter-Drug Office
NIDA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse)
NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute of Justice & DOJ (support, research, evaluation & demonstration programs related to drug abuse)
OCDETF (Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force)
ODJJDP (Office of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention)
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration)
SAMHSA Partners for Recovery

SAMHSA Prevention Online Platform
SAMHSA National Network
ATTTC (Addiction Technology, Transfer Centers)
Addiction Severity Index
National Registry of Evidence Based Programs & Practices
Drug Free Workplace Programs
State Department International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Demand Reduction Program
Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement
ONDCP (White House Office of National Drug Control Policy)
Working Partners for an Alcohol-and Drug-Free Workplace (Dept of Labor)

There are many state programs that mimic federal programs.

6/28/19 found some more

DOE Safe & Drug Free Schools state grant program
National Youth anti-drug media campaign
Drug free communities program ONDCP
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center’s Technology Transfer Program
Access to Recovery Initiative
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)
Drug-free Communities Program
Operation Panama Express South
Methamphetamine-Related Assistance (“Meth Hot Spot” Grants)
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Regional Information Sharing system (RISS)
Weed & Seed
National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws
Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat (CDX)
Office of Counter-Narcotics Enforcement (CNE) (DHS)
Airbridge Denial
International Narcotics Control Programs (INCP)
International Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL)/state dept
Andean Counterdrug Initiative & Alternative Development

Found more 6/28/19

ADNET – anti-drug network
ADNET-U – anti drug network unclassified
CDICG – Counterdrug Intelligence Coordinating Group
CDX – Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat (under OCDETF)
COMET – Combined Ozarks Multijurisdictional Enforcement Team (MO)
HIDTA – High Intensity Drug Traffic Area
INL – Bureau for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs (Dept of State)
NDIC – national drug intelligence center
NDSS – National Drug Seizure System
OCDP – office of drug control policy

PMIX – prescription monitoring information exchange
SNARE – statewide narcotics apprehension & reporting effort
SWBSADIS – SW border states anti-drug information system
UDECS – unified drug enforcement coordination system