US Federal Agencies and Offices
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
BJA is a Department of Justice bureau that provides grant funding
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
BJS is a Department of Justice bureau that collects and disseminates statistical information
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Department of Health and Human Services' center for disease control
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Lead agency on health issues
Lead national criminal justice agency
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Lead federal transportation agency
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
The DEA is the lead law enforcement agency on drug control
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
The Higher Education Center's purpose is to to help college and community leaders develop, implement, and evaluate programs and policies to reduce student problems related to alcohol and other drug use and interpersonal violence; it is a division of the Department of Education
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Federal agency for medical and behavioral research
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Federal agency devoted to reducing alcohol related problems
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA is the subdivision of the Department of Health & Human Service's National Institute of Health; it is the lead agency on drug abuse
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
The NTSB is an independent agency charged with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation and issuing safety recommendations
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
Executive office designed to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Federal agency created to focus attention, programs, and funding on improving the lives of people with or at risk for mental and substance abuse disorders
Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC)
UDETC is a Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) project funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

