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General Barry McCaffrey discussed U.S. drug policy and youth. He talked about the expanded powers and financing reauthorized by Congress to create a strategy against drug abuse. He responded…

Barry McCaffrey, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, talked to reporters about the controversy over the use of marijuana for medical purposes. He outlined the administrat…

HHS Secretary Donna Shalala and National Drug Policy Director General Barry McCaffrey discussed the results of the Annual Survey of U.S. Drug Abuse. Their comments focused on a marked increa…

Committee members heard testimony about drug abuse among children from General Barry McCaffrey, physicians, and recovering adolescent drug addicts.

General Barry McCaffrey talked with reporters about his recent visit to the Caribbean, and the upcoming U.N. General Assembly special session on drugs. He also took questions from the media.

House Appropriations Subcommittee members heard testimony from National Drug Control Policy Director, General Barry McCaffrey, concerning the president’s 1999 budget request for the Office o…

Administration officials talked about a report on drug control efforts on an international level. The report recommends waiving sanctions against Colombia in response to their drug control e…

National Drug Policy Direct General Barry McCaffrey and other national drug officials talked about new drug control initiatives that were announced by President Bill Clinton. General McCaffr…

National Drug Control Policy Director Barry McCaffrey outlined a new drug prevention effort in conjunction with Mexico. He detailed the steps that the two nations will take to prevent drug u…

In a ceremony in the Oval Office, the vice president talked about drug use and trafficking in prisons. General McCaffrey described the vicious cycle of drug use which causes further criminal…

General McCaffrey talked with reporters about an initiative President Clinton will announce later this afternoon. He described the large percentages of prison inmates who are incarcerated fo…

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse released a report saying that 80 percent of the adults in U.S. prisons are incarcerated because of criminal activity linked to drug and a…