CADCA will play an instrumental role in the\u00a0Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s (DEA) comprehensive new 360 Strategy\u00a0to address heroin, opioid abuse, and violent crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cCADCA felicita a la DEA por reconocer que la educaci\u00f3n y la prevenci\u00f3n son elementos clave para abordar la epidemia de abuso de hero\u00edna y opioides en este pa\u00eds, y estamos orgullosos de unirnos a la estrategia integral 360 de la DEA. CADCA aportar\u00e1 su experiencia en la creaci\u00f3n de coaliciones comunitarias efectivas y la facilitaci\u00f3n de di\u00e1logos valiosos a la iniciativa para empoderar a las comunidades y apoyar la reducci\u00f3n de la demanda\u201d, dijo el general Arthur T. Dean, presidente y director ejecutivo de CADCA.<\/p>\n
According to the DEA, the goals of the new strategy include stopping the deadly cycle of prescription opioid and heroin abuse by eliminating the drug trafficking organizations and gangs fueling violence on the streets and addiction in communities.\u00a0The strategy will also include partnering with healthcare professionals and engaging and strengthening community and social service organizations that are best positioned to provide long-term help and support for building drug-free communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 360 strategy launched this week at a press conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., which will be one of four cities around the nation in which the program will be implemented.<\/p>\n
DEA Special Agent in Charge for the Philadelphia Division, Gary Tuggle, said at the event, \u201cDEA\u2019s 360 Strategy recognizes that we need to utilize every community resource possible to reach young people and attack the heroin and prescription drug epidemic at multiple levels. This three-sided strategy brings together everyone who has a stake in the successful outcome of this pilot program.\u00a0 This could be a model for many other communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other partners who are participating in the 360 strategy include the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office of the Western District of Pennsylvania, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, DEA Educational Foundation, U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s Violence Reduction Network, The Elks Club, U.S. Department of Health & Humans Services\u2019 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coalitions can engage with the DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg and members of his senior staff leading their 360 strategy as part of CADCA\u2019s 2016 National Leadership Forum, Feb. 1-4 in National Harbor, Md. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n