Drug Strategies

Drug Strategies

Drug Strategies is a non-profit research institute located in Washington D.C. Dedicated to evaluating the effectiveness of drug abuse prevention, education, and treatment, Drug Strategies is led by former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Mathea Falco. Drug Strategies' Board of Directors is chaired by Harvard Law Professor Philip Heymann and current board members include Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund, James R. Jones, former U.S Ambassador to Mexico, Michael Kantor, former Secretary of Commerce, and David Aaron Kessler, former FDA Commissioner, along with other notable figures in the fields of international drug policy and public health. Drug Strategies is mentioned in David Kessler's best selling book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite.[1]

Drug Strategies created the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards in 1999 and presented them annually for ten years to print and broadcast journalists who reported with excellence on drug issues.[2][3] Drug Strategies directors have commented widely in the media on drug abuse issues[4][5] and in 2006 and 2007 testified before the United States House of Representatives' Committee on House Government Reform[6] and the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary[7] on the dangers posed by the abuse of prescription medications. Drug Strategies publications include Treating Teens: A Guide To Adolescent Drug Programs[8][9][10][11] and Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention Programs.[12] Bubblemonkey.com is Drug Strategies' website that provides adolescents a way to anonymously access information on substance abuse and treatment centers.

Drug Strategies co-hosted a "Working Group on Transnational Organized Crime" at Harvard Law School in April 2011 which was attended by policy experts from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Spain, including a number of Mexican officials at the federal, state, and local levels.[13]

References

  1. ^ "The end of overeating: taking ... – David A. Kessler – Google Books". Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=AWVq7juJ8rEC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=the+end+of+overeating+and+drug+strategies&source=bl&ots=nt4kYYRHkD&sig=4M8O4YsdngLBmC6wMcdKPzvPKCQ&hl=en&ei=Vu-MTc-3H87ogAeUvei9DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  2. ^ "TheSunLink.com". Web.kitsapsun.com. November 14, 2003. http://web.kitsapsun.com/redesign/2003-11-14/local/315884.shtml. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  3. ^ "McClatchy Newspapers Honored for Journalistic Excellence for Coverage Of Drug Issues". .prnewswire.com. November 15, 2001. http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-15-2001/0001616954&EDATE=. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Mexican drug cartels – Global Journalist Radio". Globaljournalist.org. August 5, 2010. http://www.globaljournalist.org/radio/2010/08/05/. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Page 3: Tough Love Part II: What's a Parent to Do? – ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. February 16, 2010. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/tough-love-part-ii-parent/story?id=9852608&page=3. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Prescription Drug Abuse – C-SPAN Video Library". C-spanarchives.org. July 26, 2006. http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/193584-1. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Testimony". Judiciary.senate.gov. July 8, 2010. http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=2755&wit_id=6468. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Health: Get Help – The Daily Beast". Newsweek. January 19, 2003. http://www.newsweek.com/2003/01/19/health-get-help.html. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  9. ^ Maria Godoy. "Treating Substance Abuse in Teens". NPR. http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2003/mar/treating_teens/. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  10. ^ "Finding Best Teen Drug-Treatment Programs – ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125425&page=1. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  11. ^ HBO. "Addiction: Treatment: Drug Treatment for Adolescents". HBO. http://www.hbo.com/addiction/treatment/35_treatment_for_adolescents.html. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
  12. ^ [1][dead link]
  13. ^ "HLS conference focuses on Mexican drug cartels". Law.harvard.edu. May 6, 2011. http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/criminal-law/hls-conference-focuses-on-mexican-drug-cartels.html. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 

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