[House Document 111-7]
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111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-7

 
           NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY 2009 ANNUAL REPORT

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

 THE ADMINISTRATION'S 2009 NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY, PURSUANT TO 
                             21 U.S.C. 1504




  January 15, 2009.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, 
 Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, 
  Oversight and Government Reform, Small Business, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means and ordered to be 
                                printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    I am pleased to transmit the 2009 National Drug Control 
Strategy, consistent with the provisions of section 201 of the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
2006.
    My Administration released its first National Drug Control 
Strategy in 2002 with the commitment to turn the tide against a 
problem that truly threatens everything that is good about our 
country. As we prepare to pass this noble charge to a new team 
of leaders, we can look back with satisfaction on what we have 
achieved together as a Nation. From community coalitions to our 
international partnerships, we pursued a balanced strategy that 
emphasized stopping initiation, reducing drug abuse and 
addiction, and disrupting drug markets.
    The results of our efforts are clear. Together we have 
helped reduce teenage drug use by 25 percent since 2001. This 
means 900,000 fewer American teens are using drugs. The Access 
to Recovery program alone has extended treatment services to 
more than 260,000 Americans. Through law enforcement 
cooperation and international partnerships, the United States 
has caused serious disruptions in the availability of drugs 
such as cocaine and methamphetamine, reducing the threat such 
drugs pose to the American people, while also denying profits 
to drug traffickers and terrorists.
    Our work is by no means complete--we must build on these 
efforts both to further reduce drug use and to rise to new 
challenges. I thank the Congress for its support and ask that 
it continue to support this critical endeavor.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, January 15, 2009.
    
    
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