Press Release Archive 2006
DECEMBER
December 21, 2006
Teen Drug Use Declines 23 Percent in Five Years
December 6, 2006
New Poll Shows Parents Afraid of Talking to their Teens; Avoid Tough Topics, Especially Drug Use
December 1, 2006
Estimated Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan
NOVEMBER
November 30. 2006
President Bush Proclaims November 30th, 2006 National Methamphetamine Awareness Day
November 16, 2006
Office of National Drug Control Policy to Recognize National Methamphetamine Awareness Day on Thursday, November 30th
November 3, 2006
National Public Health Official Issues Statement Regarding South Dakota’s Proposed “Medical” Marijuana Initiative
OCTOBER
October 16, 2006
White House Drug Czar Recognizes Effective Montana Efforts Reducing Meth Production, Use
October 16, 2006
New Print Ad Campaign Empowers Asian American Parents to Protect Teens from Marijuana Use
October 2, 2006
Secretary of Education & White House Drug Czar Announce $8.6 Million in Student Drug Testing Grants to Cut Teen Drug Use
October 2, 2006
Franklin, Jefferson, Cole, Boone Counties to Receive New Federal Resources to Fight Drug Trafficking
SEPTEMBER
September 19, 2006
White House Anti-Drug Office Begins Posting Videos on YouTube
AUGUST
August 31, 2006
White House Drug Czar Awards $72 Million To Drug-Free Community Coalitions
August 30, 2006
Bush Administration Cracks Down on Mexican Drug Gangs Polluting U.S. Parks
JULY
July 18, 2006
Teens, Technology, and Drugs: An Inside Look
July 10, 2006
New Agreement to Double Number of American Workers in Drug-Free Workplace
JUNE
June 29, 2006
White House Drug Czar Praises House of Representatives for Vote on So-Called “Medical” Marijuana Amendment
June 26, 2006
Top U.S. and United Nations Anti-Drug Officials Warn About Increasing Threat of Marijuana
June 19, 2006
Employer Drug Tests Detect Two-year Low in Meth Use
June 8, 2006
Latest National Survey Finds Significant Reductions in Youth Drug Use
June 5, 2006
Partnership for a Drug-Free America and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Launch New Ad Campaign Aimed at Preventing Meth Use Among Hispanics
June 1, 2006
U.S. Releases First-Ever Synthetic Drug Control Strategy
MAY
May 11, 2006
United States Ambassador Melvin Levitsky Re-Elected as Expert to UN Drug Policy Body
May 4, 2006
Mexico to Clarify Intent of Anti-Drug Legislation
May 2, 2006
Statement from White House drug policy director regarding marijuana and opium poppy eradication in Mexico
APRIL
April 21, 2006
Statement by the White House Drug Czar Regarding Food and Drug Administration Dismissal of Smoked Marijuana as Medicine
April 18, 2006
Ecstasy Market Collapsing
April 14, 2006
2005 Coca Estimates for Colombia
April 5, 2006
White House Drug Czar Praises Dutch Disruption of Global Ecstasy Market, Encourages NATO’s North Atlantic Council to Demonstrate Stronger Support for Anti-Drug Efforts in Afghanistan
MARCH
March 31, 2006
White House Drug Policy Blog Receives Over One Million Hits
March 17, 2006
United Nations Body Agrees to Strengthen Systems for International Control of Precursor Chemicals
March 16, 2006
More High School Kids Than Ever at Risk During Spring Break
March 15, 2006
Experts Gather in Virginia to Discuss Random Student Drug Testing an Effective, Confidential and Non-punitive Way to Reduce Drug Use
March 9, 2006
President Bush Signs USA Patriot Act
FEBRUARY
February 28, 2006
Parents Pivotal in Keeping Teens Away From Drugs, Reveals New Data
February 27, 2006
Statement from White House Drug Policy Director Regarding Free Trade Agreement with Colombia
February 10, 2006
U.S. Releases 2005 Peruvian Coca Cultivation Estimate
February 9, 2006
New Report on Alarming Trends in Girls’ Use of Drugs, Alcohol, Cigarettes, and Prescription Drugs
February 8, 2006
Drug Czar Releases National Strategy to Combat Illegal Drug Use in America
JANUARY
January 26, 2006
Six Million American in Denial About Drug Addiction
January 3, 2006
White House Drug Policy Office Launches Podcast
