Press Release Archive 2001
DECEMBER
December 27, 2001
OxyContin Abuse Expanding Rapidly
December 19, 2001
New Drug Czar Targets "Unacceptably High" Rates of Drug Use Among Students
December 14, 2001
Fact Sheet: President Bush Acts to Empower Communities in the Fight Against
Illegal Drug Abuse
December 12, 2001
New White House Drug Czar Makes Debut Address to 1,200 Community Drug Prevention
Activists; Unveils Two New Anti-Drug Television Ads
December 7, 2001
John Walters Confirmed as Nation's Drug Czar
NOVEMBER
November 9, 2001
Acting White House Drug Policy Director to Attend U.S.-Mexico Bi-National Drug
Demand Reduction Conference in Mexico City.
OCTOBER
October 17, 2001
One in Four Children are Affected by Parental Substance Abuse
October 9, 2001
Acting White House Drug Policy Director to Give Keynote Address at the American
Methadone Treatment Association Conference in St. Louis October 10th
October 5, 2001
White House Drug Policy Office and Coast Guard Announce All-Time Record Annual
Maritime Cocaine Seizures
October 4, 2001
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse Shows Decline in Drug Use for 12 and
13 Year-Olds; Reinforces Parental Involvement as Crucial in Keeping Kids
off Drugs
SEPTEMBER
September 27, 2001
ONDCP has awarded $14.6 million to community coalitions to support local anti-drug
efforts.
September 14, 2001
Office of National Drug Control Policy Aids New York Recovery and Investigation
Effort
September 5, 2001
Back to School Report Shows 60% of High School Students and 30% of Middle School
Students Returning to Schools Where Drugs are Used, Kept, and Sold.
AUGUST
August 26, 2001
Drug Czar's Chief Scientist to Announce Federal Funding for Cutting-Edge Brain
Scanner at Oregon Health and Science University
August 1, 2001
ONDCP Reports Progress in The National Youth Anti-drug Media Campaign
JULY
July 30, 2001
Missouri Congressman Sam Graves to Host ONDCP Video Teleconference Discussion
on Growing Use of Club Drugs
July 30, 2001
Ecstasy no Longer Just a Rave Drug: Increased Availability and Myths about
Harmlessness Driving Drug into Schools and Neighborhoods
July 27, 2001
ONDCP Director to Attend 2001 Boy Scouts National Jamboree with President Bush
July 25, 2001
DAWN Survey Demonstrates Consequences of Drug Abuse
July 19, 2001
PRIDE Survey Confirms Importance of ONDCP Media Campaign and Drug Free Communities
Program
July 6, 2001
ONDCP Director Edward Jurith Appointed to the American Bar Association's Standing
Committee on Substance Abuse
JUNE
June 26, 2001
ONDCP Deputy Director Dr. Donald Vereen to Testify on Drug Free Communities
Program
June 25, 2001
Symposium features latest anti-drug technologies for treatment, prevention,
and enforcement
June 15, 2001
New York City Youth to Create "Anti-Drug" Mural at 21st Annual Entertainers'
Basketball Classic
June 13, 2001
White House Drug Policy Director to Honor Charitable Foundation for Anti-Drug
Accomplishments
June 13, 2001
White House Drug Policy Director to Deliver Keynote Address on Substance Abuse
Workplace Initiatives
MAY
May 21, 2001
Multi-platinum band *NSYNC share their anti-drugs on upcoming tour
APRIL
April 12, 2001
Youth Appear in National Ad Campaign
April 9, 2001
ONDCP Provides Overview of FY 2002 Drug Control Budget
April 5, 2001
Top National Drug Policy Officials in Baltimore April 4 and 6 Discuss Commitment
to Treatment and Research at Second Annual Lonnie Mitchell Historically Black
Colleges Substance Abuse Conference
MARCH
March 29, 2001
ONDCP commends National Research Council (NRC) report calling for increased
drug control research. A list of ongoing research projects, paired to the
NRC report's recommendations, is attached.
March 21, 2001
ONDCP Releases "Pulse Check" on Latest "Street" Trends in Drug Abuse; Ecstasy
Abuse Expanding
March 21, 2001
Seattle Press Invited to Try Latest High Tech Crime Fighting Tools
March 15, 2001
One In Five Kids Using Inhalants To Get High: Despite progress in reducing
teen drug use, nearly one million youth abusing inhalants annually.
FEBRUARY
February 28, 2001
Bush Administration Requests Increases in Drug Funding For Prevention, Treatment,
Interdiction, and Andean Assistance
February 5, 2001
"Family" Continues to be Kids' Number One Deterrent to Drugs
February 1, 2001
National Drug Policy Office Commends CASA Report for Confirming Critical Role
of Family
JANUARY
January 31, 2001
OAS Nations Release National Reports on Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism
January 24, 2001
Statement by the Office of National Drug Control Policy Concerning Rand Report
on Anti-Drug Budgeting
January 22, 2001
White House National Drug Policy Office Notes Sharp Decline in Production of
Peruvian and Bolivian Coca Cultivation
January 19, 2001
White House Drug Policy Acting Director Jurith Calls DOD's Providing Substance
Abuse "Parity" in Military Health Care System "Historic" and "Major Step";
Asserts "There Must Be No Wrong Door"
January 17, 2001
Acting White House Drug Policy Director Commends HHS on Announcment of New
Federal Regulations Improving Methadone Treatment
January 10, 2001
Edward H. Jurith Named Acting Director of White House Office of National Drug
Control Policy
