Drug Strategies
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Drug Strategies is a non-profit research institute located in Washington D.C. Dedicated to evaluating the effectiveness of drug abuse prevention, education, and treatment, Drug Strategies is led by former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Mathea Falco
. Drug Strategies' Board of Directors is chaired by Harvard Law Professor Philip Heymann and current board members include Marian Wright Edelman
, President of the Children's Defense Fund, James R. Jones, former U.S Ambassador to Mexico, Michael Kantor, former Secretary of Commerce, and David Aaron Kessler
, former FDA Commissioner, along with other notable figures in the fields of international drug policy and public health. Drug Strategies is mentioned in David Kessler's best selling book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite.
Drug Strategies created the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards in 1999 and presented them annually for ten years to print and broadcast journalists who reported with excellence on drug issues. Drug Strategies directors have commented widely in the media on drug abuse issues and in 2006 and 2007 testified before the United States House of Representatives
' Committee on House Government Reform and the United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary
on the dangers posed by the abuse of prescription medications. Drug Strategies publications include Treating Teens: A Guide To Adolescent Drug Programs and Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention Programs. Bubblemonkey.com is Drug Strategies' website that provides adolescents a way to anonymously access information on substance abuse and treatment centers.
Drug Strategies co-hosted a "Working Group on Transnational Organized Crime" at Harvard Law School
in April 2011 which was attended by policy experts from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Spain, including a number of Mexican officials at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a position of the United States government within the Department of State that heads the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which is responsible for development of policies and...
Mathea Falco
Mathea Falco
Mathea Falco is a leading expert in drug abuse prevention and treatment who served as the first U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs during the Carter Administration...
. Drug Strategies' Board of Directors is chaired by Harvard Law Professor Philip Heymann and current board members include Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.-Early years:...
, President of the Children's Defense Fund, James R. Jones, former U.S Ambassador to Mexico, Michael Kantor, former Secretary of Commerce, and David Aaron Kessler
David Aaron Kessler
David Aaron Kessler is an American pediatrician, lawyer, author, and administrator...
, former FDA Commissioner, along with other notable figures in the fields of international drug policy and public health. Drug Strategies is mentioned in David Kessler's best selling book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite.
Drug Strategies created the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards in 1999 and presented them annually for ten years to print and broadcast journalists who reported with excellence on drug issues. Drug Strategies directors have commented widely in the media on drug abuse issues and in 2006 and 2007 testified before the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
' Committee on House Government Reform and the United States Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Committee on the Judiciary
Committee on the Judiciary
Committee on the Judiciary may mean:* United States House Committee on the Judiciary* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary...
on the dangers posed by the abuse of prescription medications. Drug Strategies publications include Treating Teens: A Guide To Adolescent Drug Programs and Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention Programs. Bubblemonkey.com is Drug Strategies' website that provides adolescents a way to anonymously access information on substance abuse and treatment centers.
Drug Strategies co-hosted a "Working Group on Transnational Organized Crime" at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
in April 2011 which was attended by policy experts from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Spain, including a number of Mexican officials at the federal, state, and local levels.
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