<div id="subtitle">Study criticizes Bush drug office for its focus on youths and marijuana, not adult drug users</div><div><p>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 ...

<div><p>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.</p><p>But there are troubling signs, too: carefree attitudes among young people about marijuana and a shift to prescription medicine ...

<div><p>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.</p><p>"We are very pleased to announce today the US government estimate of poppy cultivation ...