The Public Affairs Office highlights ONDCP messages through a schedule of major media events, including press conferences, television and radio interviews, and public service announcements. The office develops information to effectively respond to issues and problems of national scope and ensures that the objective, views, and plans of the Director and the Administration are conveyed to the public.

May 9, 2008
Teen "Self Medication" for Depression Leads to More Serious Mental Illness, New Report Reveals

May 7, 2008
U.S. Calls On Global Producers to Help Develop Increased Chemical Controls for Meth Cursors, Controlled Pharmaceuticals

April 7, 2008
Federal Health Insurers Add New Substance Abuse Services

March 19, 2008
Statement from Deputy "Drug Czar" Scott M. Burns on Marijuana Decriminalization Efforts in New Hampshire

March 12, 2008
Methamphetamine, Cocaine Use Plummet; New Workplace Drug Testing Data Show Effects of Supply Crunch

March 10, 2008
Global Cooperation Key to Progress Made Against Meth in United States

March 6, 2008
U.S. Highlights Latest International Progress Against Methamphetamine; Urges Vulnerable Nations to Increase Efforts to Curb Precursor Chemicals

March 1, 2008
President Bush Releases Final National Drug Control Strategy of his Administration; Calls for Tighter Controls on Internet Sales of Controlled Substances

February 20, 2008
New Counties Designated As High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

February 15, 2008
$1.2 Million Available for Community-Based Drug Prevention Coalitions

February 1, 2008
$5.8 Million in New Grants Available for School-Based Drug Prevention

January 24, 2008
ONDCP Launches First Major Initiative to Combat Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

January 3, 2008
Canadian-made, Meth-laced Ecstasy Being Dumped into U.S. Illegal Drug Markets

December 26, 2007
Scott Burns Confirmed as Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

November 8, 2007
New Data Show Significant Disruptions in U.S. Methamphetamine, Cocaine Markets

November 8, 2007
White House Drug Czar, DEA Administrator Release New Data Showing Significant Disruptions in U.S. Cocaine and Methamphetamine Markets

October 19, 2007
White House Deputy "Drug Czar" Announces New Federal Grant for the State of Rhode Island

March 12, 2008
Testimony of John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy Chairman Dennis Kucinich, 110th Congress

February 7, 2008
Testimony of Scott Burns, Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

July 12, 2007
Testimony of Dr. David Murray, Chief Scientist, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security “Hearing on the Drug Enforcement Administration's Regulation of Medicine”

March 10, 2008
Opening Statement of the Government of the United States of America Before the 51st UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs Delivered by Scott Burns, Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

November 17, 2005
Foreign Press Center Briefing With John P. Walters Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Progress Report on Anti-Drug Efforts in Colombia.

May 11, 2005
"Drug-court programs save money and get better results" by John P. Walters, San Jose Mercury-News