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		<title>www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov: Latest Resources</title> 
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      <title>Remarks at the Official Swearing-In Ceremony Officiated by Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/speech09/061909_Kerlikowske.pdf</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ On Friday, June 19th Justice Anthony M. Kennedy officiated at the swearing-in ceremony of Gil Kerlikowske, Director of ONDCP. In his remarks, the Director spoke of a national drug control strategy that &quot;leans forward, changes the conversation on our drug problem, builds upon the successes of past initiatives, and engages all parts of the system in its development and execution.&quot;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama Administration Releases National Strategy to Reduce Flow of Illegal Drugs, Bulk Cash, and Weapons Across the Southwest Border</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press09/060509.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ (Albuquerque, N.M.)-Today, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske released President Obama's strategy to stem the flow of illegal drugs and their illicit proceeds across the Southwest border and reduce associated crime and violence in the region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Report Released at the National Methamphetamine Pharmaceutical Initiative</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press09/052009.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Prescription Opioid-related Deaths Increased 114 Percent from 2001 to 2005, Treatment Admissions Up 74 Percent in Similar Period; Young Adults Hardest Hit

(Washington, D.C.)-Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, released a report on the diversion and abuse of prescription drugs at the National Methamphetamine Pharmaceutical Initiative (NMPI) in Nashville. The report finds non-medical use of prescription drugs a serious threat to public health and safety, with unintentional deaths involving prescription opioids increasing 114 percent from 2001 to 2005, and treatment admissions increasing 74 percent in a similar four-year period.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 11:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Director Kerlikowske Testifies on FY2010 National Drug Control Budget and Priorities</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ Testimony Of Gil Kerlikowske, Director National Drug Control Policy to the Domestic Policy Subcommittee Oversight and Government Reform Committee. ONDCP's Fiscal Year 2010 National Drug Control Budget and the Priorities, Objectives, and Policies of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under the New Administration on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>National Drug Control Budget Highlights FY 2010</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ ONDCP releases their National Drug Control Budget Highlights FY 2010.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Welcome Message from Director Kerlikowske</title>
      <link>http://pushingback.com/blogs/pushing_back/archive/2009/05/08/48359.aspx</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ I am humbled by the opportunity to serve the Nation in this capacity, and will work tirelessly to reduce the flow of drugs in our communities and the harms caused by the treatable disease of addiction.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Chief Gil Kerlikowske Confirmed as Director of ONDCP</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ Vice President Biden Issues Statement on the Confirmation of Chief Gil Kerlikowske as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>ONDCP Supports NIDAMED, Physicians' Outreach Initiative</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ National Institute on Drug Abuse to Unveil NIDAMED, Physicians' Outreach Initiative
Washington, D.C. - The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, will unveil its Physicians' Outreach Initiative, NIDAMED, on Monday, April 20, 2009. NIDA is joined by U.S. Senator Carl Levin, the Acting U.S. Surgeon General, the Acting Director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, the Director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the CEO of the American Medical Association and others leading U.S. efforts to improve access to care for people addicted to drugs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Report Released on Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/drugfact/nsduh_inhalant02-07.pdf</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ The NSDUH Report: Trends in Adolescent Inhalant Use: 2002 to 2007, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration examines use of inhalants by young people (ages 12-17) from 2002 through 2007.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>White House Announces New Director of ONDCP</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/White-House-Announces-New-Director-of-the-Office-of-National-Drug-Control-Policy/</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Washington, DC - Vice President Biden announced today that President Obama will nominate Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske as the new Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>$1.2 Million In Mentoring Grants Available To 16 American Communities</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press09/030909.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced the availability of up to $1.2 million for new Drug-Free Communities Support Mentoring Program (DFC Mentoring) grants. An estimated 16 new Mentoring grants will be awarded (approximating $75,000 per grant for up to two years) to drug and alcohol prevention community coalitions representing a cross-section of rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities. The actual award amount may vary, depending upon the availability of funds and the progress achieved by the awardees.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Regional Workshops to Assist Potential Grant Applicants</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press09/020409.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control (ONDCP), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the availability of new, Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program funds. ONDCP expects to award approximately $17 million - 130 new grants - to community drug prevention coalitions throughout the United States. The grant awards are subject to the availability of funds. The deadline to submit DFC grantee applications is Friday, March 20, 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Acting Director of ONDCP Announced</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ Edward H. Jurith is announced as Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:00:00 ESt</pubDate>
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      <title>ONDCP's 2007 Cocaine Smuggling Report Now Available Online</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/cocaine_smuggling/cocaine_smuggling07.pdf</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ The counterdrug community estimates that between 545 and 707 metric tons of cocaine departed South America toward the United States in 2007, similar to the 2006 estimate. The eastern Pacific and western Caribbean routes to Mexico and Central America remained the primary channels for cocaine movement from South America toward the United States, accounting for 90 percent of the flow. The remaining 10 percent moved through
the eastern and central Caribbean. Persistent counterdrug operations in the Transit Zone, record-breaking seizures in Mexico, and violence among Mexican traffickers subsequently
disrupted the cocaine supply to the United States, causing sustained shortages in major areas of the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>New Data Indicate Nearly 1 Million Fewer Teen Drug Users 2001-2008</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press08/121108.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Today President Bush and John Walters, the U.S. &quot;Drug Czar,&quot; released new data demonstrating significant success reducing drug availability and use. At a roundtable discussion with national leaders in drug use prevention, treatment, and enforcement, the President highlighted results from the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future Study (MTF), the DEA's System to Retrieve Information from Drug Evidence (STRIDE), and workplace drug tests performed by Quest Diagnostics, and commended meeting participants for their dedication to reducing America's drug problem. Taken together, the data, which cover a broad spectrum of key indicators, offer strong evidence of the effectiveness of a counterdrug strategy which balances reducing drug availability along with drug demand.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>ONDCP Director John Walters to host &quot;Ask the White House&quot; on December 12th at 10:30 AM EDT</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/question.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ On Friday, December 12 at 10:30 AM EDT, John Walters, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy will host &quot;Ask the White House&quot; -- an online interactive forum where you can submit questions to Bush administration officials and friends of the White House.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>December 2008 is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/11/20081126-12.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ December 2008 is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>ONDCP launches redesigned National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Web site</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/mediacampaign/index.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Congress created the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign in 1998 to prevent and reduce youth drug use. Under the management of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Campaign is a strategically integrated communications effort that combines advertising with public communications outreach to deliver anti-drug messages to America's youth, their parents, and other influential adults.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>New Survey Reveals Steep Drops in Opium Production and Cultivation in Afghanistan</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press08/102408.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Today, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the results of the 2008 U.S. Government Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation and Opium Production Estimate. After two straight years of record opium production, the estimate has found that potential opium production in Afghanistan has declined steeply-by 31 percent-to 5,500 metric tons, down from 8,000 metric tons in 2007. Additionally, Afghanistan's 2008 opium poppy crop decreased by 22 percent to 157,000 hectares, down from 202,000 hectares in 2007. The 2008 cultivation total is also nearly 10 percent below the 2006 level of 172,600.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>October 20-26th is Drug-Free Work Week</title>
      <link>http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/drugs/workingpartners/dfww-introduction.asp</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Every year, the Department of Labor sponsors a Drug-Free Work Week to raise awareness of the consequences of drug use on the workplace.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Nielsen Study Reveals Teens' Online Viewing Habits</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/pdf/teenviewing_darvideos_online.pdf</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Teen Viewing of Drug and Alcohol-Related Videos Online, a Nielsen online study conducted on behalf of ONDCP, measured the online viewing habits of teens and tracked their exposure to drug-related content.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:00;00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>New Data Show Drug Free Communities Program Significantly Reduces Teen Substance Abuse</title>
      <link>http://www.ondcp.gov/dfc/files/dfc_pressrelease_092408.pdf</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ John Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), released a National Interim Evaluation of the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program demonstrating its effectiveness in preventing substance use and abuse among teens. The analysis shows current substance use rates among high-school students (the number of high-school students who report consuming alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana in the past 30-days) within DFC communities are significantly lower than national rates.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>ONDCP to Host Random Student Drug Testing Summits in October</title>
      <link>http://www.randomstudentdrugtesting.org/presentations.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will be hosting two regional Random Student Drug Testing Summits in October 2008. The Random Student Drug Testing Summits will address relevant legal and program development issues and serve as an introduction for schools that would like to learn more about student drug testing. For schools that already have a program in place, new information will be available. For more details about the summits please see the invitation, agenda, and registration form.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Colombia: an opportunity for lasting success</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/policy/colombia91608.pdf</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ On July 2, 2008, the Colombian army rescued 15 hostages, including three American citizens, from FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas. Not a shot was fired. This rescue reflects what the government and people of Columbia have accomplished over the past decade in combating violence and restoring stability. Colombia's achievements are a foreign policy success, and the product of two U.S. Administrations with broad bipartisan support from the Congress.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Survey Reveals Sharp Decline in Cocaine Production</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ The 2007 coca crop estimate for Colombia is now complete, and reveals for the first time the results of scientific studies showing how eradication pressure is withering the productivity of existing coca fields. New productivity data show that in 2007 Colombia's maximum potential production dropped to 535 metric tons of pure cocaine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>SAMHSA Awards $66 Million for Programs Teaching Early Intervention Techniques to Use with Patients at Risk for Substance Abuse</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press08/090508.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is awarding $66 million over the next five years for 15 cooperative agreements to provide communities expanded capacity to identify individuals with substance abuse problems and intervene appropriately, These cooperative agreement programs will implement Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) projects, which help health providers learn how to recognize patients at risk for problems related to substance abuse and, if so, how to provide timely and effective help. The announcement was made today by Tevi Troy, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, during a meeting convened by the White House.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sept 2008 10:30:00 ES</pubDate>
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      <title>New National Survey Reveals Cocaine, Methamphetamine Use Drop among Young Adults; Prescription Drug Abuse Increases</title>
      <link>http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press08/090408.html</link>
	  <description><![CDATA[ Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults has dropped significantly over the past year, while abuse of prescription drugs has risen, according to the nation's largest substance use assessment, the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report also showed a spike in drug use among 55-59-year-olds, as baby boomers entered that age range.
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      <pubDate>Thursday, 04 Sept 2008 15:00:</pubDate>
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      <title>White House Drug Czar Awards $24.4 Million to Local Youth Drug Prevention Programs</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ (Washington, D.C.) - John Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), today announced the award of $24.4 million in Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants to 199 communities across the country. An additional $55 million, released in July, supports the continuation of awards to 568 Drug Free Communities coalitions and 17 DFC Mentor Continuation coalitions. Including the new grantees, the Drug Free Communities Support Program now serves communities in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Palau and the Virgin Islands. Drug Free Community coalitions work collaboratively at the local level to prevent and reduce drug and alcohol abuse among youth.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>'Strategies For Success' Newsletter Available</title>
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	  <description><![CDATA[ The Office of National Drug Control Policy announces the publication of the latest Strategies for Success newsletter. Strategies for Success provides up-to-date information on random student drug testing (RSDT), a promising approach to helping children avoid using dangerous drugs. This issue of Strategies for Success examines statistics on schools that test students for drug use and gives the facts about methamphetamine, MDMA (ecstasy), and prescription drug abuse. The newsletter also offers tips for schools that are considering starting their own RSDT program, and includes articles on funding resources, protecting student privacy, and ensuring a fair test. 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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