Prevention and the National Drug Control Strategy
The National Drug Control Strategy contains 18 actions related to drug prevention, organized under 5 overarching principles:
1. A National Prevention System Must Be Grounded at the Community Level
- Develop Prevention-Prepared Communities
- Collaborate with States to Support Communities
- Spread Prevention to the Workplace
2. Prevention Efforts Must Encompass the Range of Settings in Which Young People Grow Up
- Strengthen the Drug Free Communities Program
- Revamp and Reenergize the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
- Support Mentoring Initiatives, Especially Among At-Risk Youth
- Mobilize Parents To Educate Youth to Reject Drug Use
3. Develop and Disseminate Information on Youth Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use
- Support Substance Abuse Prevention on College Campuses
- Expand Research on Understudied Substances
- Prepare a Report on Health Risks of Youth Substance Use
4. Criminal Justice Agencies and Prevention Organizations Must Collaborate
- Provide Information on Effective Prevention Strategies to Law Enforcement
- Enable Law Enforcement to Participate in Community Prevention Programs in Schools, Community Coalitions, Civic Organizations, and Faith-Based Organizations
- Strengthen Prevention Efforts along the Southwest Border
5. Preventing Drugged Driving Must Become a National Priority on Par with Preventing Drunk Driving
- Encourage States to Adopt Per Se Drug Impairment Laws
- Collect Further Data on Drugged Driving
- Enhance Prevention of Drugged Driving by Educating Communities and Professionals
- Provide Increased Training to Law Enforcement on Identifying Drugged Drivers
- Develop Standard Screening Methodologies
