War on Drugs Legal Authorization
Congressional Acts
27 Oct 1970
27 Oct 1970
1 May 1971
8 August 1975
10 Nov 1978
Colombia International Extradition Treaty with the United States
14 Sept 1979
Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act
2 Jan 1980
1 Dec 1981
12 Oct 1984
18 Oct 1984
27 Oct 1986
22 Apr 1988
18 Nov 1988
18 Nov 1988
18 Nov 1988
18 Nov 1988
National Defense Authorization Act , Title XI: Drug Interdiction
25 Jan 1990
3 Oct 1996
30 April 2003
9 March 2006
Narco Terrorism Law — 21 U.S. Code § 960a
9 March 2006
13 Oct 2008
3 Aug 2010
International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act
10 Jan 2018
Executive Orders
Executive Order 11599—Establishing a Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention
17 June 1971
Executive Directive 23—Peru Policy Review
12 August 1972
Executive Directive 173—U. S. Policy Toward Latin America
7 March 1973
Executive Directive 267—Turkish Opium Production
23 August 1974
Executive Directive 221—Narcotics and National Security
8 April 1986
National Security Directive 13—Cocaine Trafficking
7 June 1989
National Security Directive 18—International Counternarcotics Strategy
9 Aug 1989
National Security Directive 18a: Annex to NSD 18 Regarding International Counternarcotics Strategy
23 Aug 1989
National Security Directive 21—U.S. Policy Towards Panama Under Noriega
1 Sept 1989
Proclamation 6497—National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America
23 Oct 1992
Executive Directive 14—U.S. Policy on International Counternarcotics in the Western Hemisphere
2 Nov 1993
Executive Directive 44—Heroin Control Policy
1 Nov 1995
Presidential Determination No. 2003-32—Resumption of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia
18 Aug 2003
Executive Order 13773—Enforcing Federal Law With Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking
9 Feb 2017
Executive Order 13776—Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety
9 Feb 2017
Executive Order 113784—Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission
29 March 2017
Executive Order 14059—Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade
15 Dec 2021
Executive Order 14060—Establishing the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime
15 Dec 2021
Executive Order 14097—Authority To Order the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty To Address International Drug Trafficking
27 Apr 2023
The War on Drugs is ongoing and predominantly covert.
This page will be updated as declassification continues.
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