Presidential DeterminationNo. 2024-12 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003…
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Statement from President Joe Biden on New Initiatives to Beat the Opioid Epidemic
Our Administration’s efforts have helped lead to the first decline in overdose deaths in five years. We have seized more fentanyl at our border in the last two years than in the last five years combined, arrested and prosecuted dozens of high-level drug traffickers and cartel leaders, sanctioned over 300 entities and individuals involved in the…
White House Calls on Congress for Immediate Action to Continue the Administration’s Work to Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking
In support of President Biden’s Unity Agenda priority of beating the overdose epidemic, White House requests more than $1.2 billion to stop the flow of fentanyl into our communities Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta released the following statement on President Biden’s supplemental funding request, which calls…
White House ONDCP Statement on New Sanctions Issued by the Biden-Harris Administration to Counter Transnational Criminal Organizations and Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking
In support of President Biden’s whole-of-government strategy to beat the overdose epidemic, Biden-Harris Administration imposes new sanctions to hold drug traffickers accountable and prevent illicit fentanyl from entering the United States Washington, D.C. – Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta released the following statement on new sanctions…
White House ONDCP Statement on New Sanctions Issued by the Biden-Harris Administration to Commercially Disrupt Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking
Delivering on President Biden’s Unity Agenda, Biden-Harris Administration sanctions drug trafficking organizations responsible for fueling the overdose epidemic and drug-related violence Washington, D.C. – Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta released the following statement on new sanctions issued by the Biden-Harris Administration. Under President Biden’s Executive Order…
Readout of President Joe Biden’s National and Homeland Security Meeting to Combat Illicit Fentanyl into the United States
Today, President Biden met with his national and homeland security leadership to ensure that his administration drives progress to address the deadly scourge of illicit fentanyl and to discuss efforts underway to tackle the global crisis posed by synthetic drugs. The President and his team discussed how to build upon last week’s significant commitments from…
Readout of the Third Trilateral Fentanyl Committee Meeting between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
Today, Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States Liz Sherwood-Randall hosted her Mexican and Canadian counterparts for a virtual meeting of the Trilateral Fentanyl Committee (TFC). President Joe Biden, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau established this trilateral Committee with their high-level representatives during the North American Leaders’…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Continues Progress on Fight Against Global Illicit Drug Trafficking
President Biden has made beating the overdose epidemic a key priority in his Unity Agenda for the Nation, including a focus on cracking down on global illicit drug trafficking and disrupting the flow of illicit fentanyl and its precursors. During their November 15 meeting, President Biden and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of…
White House ONDCP Statement on New Sanctions Issued by the Biden-Harris Administration to Target Sinaloa Cartel Members and Disrupt Global Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking
In delivering on President Biden’s National Drug Control Strategy to beat the overdose crisis, Biden-Harris Administration announces new sanctions to crack down on global illicit fentanyl supply chain Washington, D.C. – Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta released the following statement on new sanctions issued by the Biden-Harris Administration and…
Biden-Harris Administration Actions to Address the Overdose Epidemic
President Biden and Vice President Harris have made addressing the nation’s overdose epidemic a top priority of this Administration and a key pillar of the President’s Unity Agenda for the Nation. Under their leadership, the Biden-Harris Administration has taken more historic action and made more unprecedented investments than ever before to address this epidemic and…
