Trump Admin Releases New Strategy to Combat Drug Trafficking, Addiction

‘In the land of the free, every American deserves to live a drug-free life,’ the president said.

USCGC Foward’s crew offloads illicit drugs valued at more than $49.3 million at Port Everglades, Fla., on March 19, 2026. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christopher Moret

The federal government should target drug cartels and their supply lines, and Americans should work to create a drug-free nation, the federal office that is tasked with fighting drug addiction said in its updated strategy on May 4.

“We will take the fight to the enemy with a relentless offense,” Sara Carter, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said in a letter accompanying the nearly 200-page strategy document.