Market Disruption

Disrupting the Market
Successful market disruption efforts accompany lower rates of use.
As prevention and treatment programs reduce the demand for drugs and the size of the drug-using market in the United States, the efforts of Federal, State, local, tribal, foreign, and international law enforcement agencies can serve to further destabilize the business of drug producers and traffickers, reducing the scale and impeding the flow of drug profits to the criminal organizations and terrorist groups that benefit from them. More

Highlights

• U.S. Highlights Latest International Progress Against Methamphetamine; Urges Vulnerable Nations to Increase Efforts to Curb Precursor Chemicals
• President Bush Releases Final National Drug Control Strategy of his Administration; Calls for Tighter Controls on Internet Sales of Controlled Substances
• New Counties Designated As High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

Programs and Initiatives

• High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
• The Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC)
• Drug Endangered Children
• Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Demand Reduction Forum

Frequently Asked Questions

• Where should I report illegal drug activity?
• Where can I view a listing of the zip codes included in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) efforts?
• Are grants available for drug-related law enforcement efforts?

Publications

• National Drug Control Strategy 2008 Annual Report
• Cocaine Facts & Figures 
• National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy: Unclassified Summary

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Related Links

• Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
  INL advises departments and agencies within the U.S. Government on the development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime.
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  DEA is the lead Federal agency for the enforcement of narcotics and controlled substance laws and regulations.
• National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)
  NDIC is the nation's principal center for strategic domestic counterdrug intelligence.

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