The Biden-Harris Administration’s Statement of Drug Policy Priorities for Year One

This morning, ONDCP acting director Regina LaBelle unveiled the roadmap that will guide the Biden administration’s approach to addressing the addiction crisis during its first year in office. The administration will concentrate on seven specific areas in its first-year drug policy:

1. Expanding access to evidence-based treatment

2. Advancing racial equity in the administration’s approach to drug policy

3. Enhancing evidence-based harm reduction efforts

4. Supporting evidence-based prevention efforts to reduce youth substance use

5. Reducing the supply of illicit substances

6. Advancing recovery-ready workplaces and expanding the addiction treatment workforce

7. Expanding access to recovery support services.

Read the whole ONDCP statement here.

Our tireless work to institutionalize Harm Reduction as an effective behavioral and social justice intervention has been recognized by the President of the United States. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard on setting these priorities!