[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY FOR 2009--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF 
                 THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-7)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committees on Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, 
Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, 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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