WHEREAS, there is an organized and well-funded movement in the United States and other countries to legalize or decriminalize drugs using strategies of medical marijuana...

WHEREAS, the education of elementary, middle, and high school students about the hazards of drug use is an extremely important and effective way to reduce...

WHEREAS, the use of illegal drugs, including marijuana, has been proven to harm the mental and physical development of children and young adults and result...

WHEREAS, the many successes associated with the seizure of personal assets from local trafficking groups, while vitally important, have not been able to significantly...

WHEREAS, there is an organized and well-funded movement in the United States and around the world to legalize or decriminalize drugs using strategies of...

WHEREAS, in 1992 the Office of National Drug Control Policy recognized a critical need for a system to increase information sharing among federal, state and...

WHEREAS, the Internet is increasingly used to market a multitude of different products for sale, including drug use paraphernalia, and chemicals used to manufacture illegal...

WHEREAS, the total budget for the Department of Defense (DOD ) counterdrug support was reduced from $1,008 Million in FY2002 to $882 Million in FY2003...

WHEREAS, the number of clandestine laboratories seized nationwide by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) according to the National Clandestine Laboratory Database in CY2002 was 557...

WHEREAS, overall drug use in the United States decreased by more than one third since the late 1970s, however 15.9 million people in the United...