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The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the results of the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health at the Nationa…

John Walters and others spoke to reporters about a report indicating a link between teen marijuana use, depression, and serious mental illness. The White House report was titled, Teen M…

John Walters talked about a study on drug use by young people entitled "Monitoring the Future". He spoke about the rise in abuse of pharmaceutical medication and the decreased use of most dr…

Representatives of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the White House, the pharmaceutical industry, and others talked about prescription drug abuse. Topics included “diversion” of pharmace…

State Department officials announced the release of a comprehensive new U.S. government implementation plan to control narcotics production in Afghanistan. They noted that more than 90 perce…

Officials held a press conference to release the 2006 results of the research study “Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of American Youth.” The study was …

John Walters was interviewed about the status of the U.S. anti-drug campaign and its ads, drug policy and the upcoming elections, and the rise of opium production in Afghanistan. He also tal…

“The UN 2006 World Drug Report” was released, marking the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking. The report presented trends in the production, trafficking and use of i…

The Officials released the first Synthetic Drug Control Strategy, which provides a comprehensive plan for reducing the use and manufacture of methamphetamine and the abuse of controlled-subs…

Mr. Walters provided an update on U.S. drug policy. He spoke about the success and failures of various drug addiction prevention programs. The guest responded to telephone calls and electron…

Officials released a report titled “2005 Monitoring the Future Survey on Teen Drug Abuse.” The report examined recent trends in juvenile drug use and found a modest decline in teen drug abu…

Mental health experts and government officials spoke about marijuana use and mental health in teenagers. They also released research findings linking some mental disorders with marijuana use…

Representative Frank Wolf will hold a town hall meeting on teen substance abuse. Koren Zailckas, author of Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, will be one of the featured speakers. Ms. Za…

John Walters, The Director of National Drug Control Policy, talked about U.S. drug policy, the fiscal year 2006 budget request for drug control programs, and the success rates of drug prev…

Witnesses testified in front of the House Government Reform Subcommittee about funding requests for federal drug control programs. Among the issues they addressed were law enforcement effort…

Participants talked about substance abuse among teenagers, declining patterns of drug utilization by teens, education and prevention programs, as well and continuing problems with the use of…

John Walters and others talked about efforts to prevent improper use of prescription drugs. Among the issues they addressed were levels of prescription drug addiction, drug sales on the Inte…

Officials spoke to reporters about the results of a study on teenage drug abuse that showed significant declines over the past two years. They also answered questions from the reporters.

Following a meeting at the White House with President George W. Bush, Health & Human Services Secretary, Tommy Thompson and John Walters, Director of the National Drug Control Policy, spoke …

Office of National Drug Control Policy director, John Walters, criticized the legalization of marijuana, detailing its dangers. He also talked about other drug control policy issues and resp…