High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
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The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program (HIDTA) is a drug-prohibition enforcement program run by the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy
. It was established in 1990 after the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
was passed.
The mission of the program is to enhance and coordinate America's drug-control efforts among local, state and Federal law enforcement agencies in order to eliminate or reduce drug trafficking and its harmful consequences in critical regions of the United States.
The term HIDTA also refers to each geographic location, usually a major city or border crossing, in which the program has established a headquarters. These headquarters are placed in locations considered to be major drug trafficking zones. The five HIDTA offices along the United States-Mexico border are grouped into a single "Southwest Border HIDTA" unit. 28 HIDTAs have been designated since the program began.
Each HIDTA is governed by a HIDTA Executive Board which includes representatives of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in the area of the HIDTA. By law, each HIDTA Board is equally divided between federal law enforcement on the one side and state and local agencies on the other.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , a former cabinet level component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1989 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988...
. It was established in 1990 after the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, , , established the creation of a drug-free America as a policy goal and established the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The media campaign mentioned in the act later became the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign....
was passed.
The mission of the program is to enhance and coordinate America's drug-control efforts among local, state and Federal law enforcement agencies in order to eliminate or reduce drug trafficking and its harmful consequences in critical regions of the United States.
The term HIDTA also refers to each geographic location, usually a major city or border crossing, in which the program has established a headquarters. These headquarters are placed in locations considered to be major drug trafficking zones. The five HIDTA offices along the United States-Mexico border are grouped into a single "Southwest Border HIDTA" unit. 28 HIDTAs have been designated since the program began.
Each HIDTA is governed by a HIDTA Executive Board which includes representatives of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in the area of the HIDTA. By law, each HIDTA Board is equally divided between federal law enforcement on the one side and state and local agencies on the other.