The White House office responsible for fighting illegal drug use has focused for nearly a decade on youths smoking marijuana instead of a broader strategy that would sufficiently target adult drug users, according to a new study. The nonprofit National Academy of Public Administration ...

President George W. Bush is trumpeting progress in the battle against illicit drugs, citing declining drug use in high school and a shrinking supply of cocaine in the country. But there are troubling signs, too: carefree attitudes among young people about marijuana and a shift to prescription medicine as a drug of choice. Independent anti-drug experts say the progress during ...

Afghanistan's opium cultivation and production declined steeply in 2008 from record highs, the United States said Friday, as Western nations moved toward a more cohesive strategy to battle the country's drug scourge. "We are very pleased to announce today the US government estimate of poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan showed substantial declines," US President George W ...