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The Office of National Drug Control Policy was created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 which authorized ONDCP to set drug control priorities, implement a comprehensive and research-based national strategy, and certify Federal drug-control budgets to reduce drug use and trafficking. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 expanded ONDCP’s mission to…

On March 29, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. As detailed in its charter, the Commission served as an advisory board and made recommendations regarding policies and practices for combating the addiction—and, specifically, the opioid—crisis in this country. The Commission…