PROFILE

The Department for National Drug Control provides leadership and policy coordination for the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive national system of alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services (see Annex II – Drug Demand Reduction Strategic Plan) and seek to effectively demonstrate a balanced approach to national drug control efforts. 

The Department is primarily staffed by technical officers with competencies in the field of drug abuse prevention, drug dependence treatment and rehabilitation, and research, policy analysis and evaluation.  It manages and administers both grant funds to partner agencies providing prevention and treatment services as well as a budget for core administrative functions, prevention, treatment, public education, and research initiatives.

In its leadership role the DNDC has been charged with the task of facilitating collaboration with all agencies involved in the national drug control effort to establish standards of performance for a national service delivery system that supports all demand reduction activities.