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Sara Carter reveals Trump admin’s aggressive anti-cartel strategy

Trump administration ‘drug czar’ Sara Carter discusses efforts to target cartels and stop the flow of narcotics across the southern border on ‘Hannity.’

During President Trump’s first year in office, the United States reduced drug overdose deaths by over 13,000, compared to the previous 12 months. That is more than a statistic: it is thousands of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends and neighbors who are alive today because of the decisive actions taken under his leadership. Now, drug overdose deaths are lower than at any point under the Biden administration and nearly 40,000 lower than the previous Administration’s peak of almost 108,000.

This result is historic, but it is not enough. We must continue fighting every day to save lives from the chemical war being waged on the American people by cartel terrorists.

This week, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) will continue our work to save lives with the release of President Trump’s 2026 National Drug Control Strategy. Through the implementation of the President’s Strategy, the United States will continue to build on our historic efforts to eradicate the supply of illegal drugs while bringing hope and healing to millions of Americans.

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We will continue to attack the supply of drugs at every stage. By engaging with international partners, we are leaving narcoterrorist cartels with nowhere to hide through improved intelligence sharing and law enforcement cooperation. Simultaneously, we are strangling their supply lines through improved interdiction and enhanced supply chain security.

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Domestically, with our southwest border now the most secure it has ever been, we are taking drugs off the street faster than the cartels can smuggle them in. ONDCP’s successful High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program will remain instrumental in this effort as they continue to coordinate federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement counter-drug activities, now further enhanced through their cooperation with Homeland Security Task Forces.

Even as we continue to dismantle cartel operations at home and abroad, we are attacking the demand for drugs with the same ferocity. Under President Trump, our nation will no longer enable illegal drug use through misguided and ineffective harm reduction programs. Instead, we are introducing a new primary prevention framework to protect our nation’s children and reinforce the truth that a drug-free life is the social norm.

For those already suffering from addiction, our goal is to make treatment easier to access than continued drug use. Under the Strategy, we are treating drug addiction the same way we treat infectious disease by improving early detection and facilitating treatment in addiction’s earliest phases. A doctor who sees cancer would not wait for it to metastasize. We are taking the same approach to treating addiction.