Florida Office of Drug Control
Advisory Councils and Task Forces
Drug Policy Advisory Council (DPAC)
Seaport Security Advisory Council
Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council
Drug Paraphernalia Abatement Task Force
Remediation of Illicit Drug Labs Task Force
Governor’s State Leadership Task Force for Reducing Underage Drinking
Gender Specific Substance Abuse Workgroup (Women Under the Influence Initiative)
Methamphetamine Workgroup
Florida Drug Endangered Children Alliance
Drug Policy Advisory Council (DPAC)
Task: The purpose of the council is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the problem of substance abuse in this state and makes recommendations to the Governor and Legislature for developing and implementing a state drug-control strategy.
Minutes of Meetings
Seaport Security Advisory Council
Task: The Seaport Security Standards Advisory Council shall review the statewide minimum standards for seaport security for applicability to and effectiveness in combating current narcotics and terrorism threats to Florida’s seaports. All sources of information allowed by law shall be utilized in assessing the applicability and effectiveness of the standards.
Minutes of Meetings
January 18, 2007
March 1, 2007
April 17, 2007
June 13, 2007
Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council
Task: Develop strategies for preventing suicide and advise the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention regarding the development of a statewide plan for suicide prevention
Requires annual report & recommendations to Governor, President of Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives on January 1, 2008.
Drug Paraphernalia Abatement Task Force
Task: Recommend strategies and actions for abating access to & the use & proliferation of drug paraphernalia.
Requires a draft report & recommendations to Governor, President of Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives 45 days (January 20, 2008) before the first day of the 2008 Regular Session of the Legislature. The final report shall be filed at least 30 days (February 4, 2008) before the first day of the 2008 Regular Session
Remediation of Illicit Drug Labs Task Force
Task: Recommending strategies & actions for reducing or eliminating health risks from buildings where meth or other contraband has been manufactured.
Requires reports & recommendations to Governor, President of Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives 90 days (December 4, 2007) before the first day of the 2008 Regular Session of the Legislature. The final report shall be filed at least 30 days (February 4, 2008) before the first day of the 2008 Regular Session
Supporting Task Forces
Governor’s State Leadership Task Force for Reducing Underage Drinking
Task: State agencies have been charged with evaluating current trends in youth alcohol use, and developing and implementing strategies to lower the number of youth who use alcohol. All strategies fall under one of six categories: Education, Training, Leadership & Advocacy, Enforcement, Research & Development, and Marketing
Outcome – 2007 Meeting with Acting U.S. Surgeon General
Outcome – 2007 Draft State Agency Strategy
Gender Specific Substance Abuse Workgroup (Women Under the Influence Initiative)
Task: The Gender Specific Substance Abuse Workgroup was created to examine comprehensive services available to women in Florida.
The Women Under the Influence Initiative began after Joseph A. Califano, Jr., President of Columbia University’s National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse, introduced the book Women Under the Influence. The workgroup has created a blueprint as a model for other states.
Outcome – 2007 Women Under the Influence: Florida’s Blueprint
Task: The Work Group’s purpose is to bring key State agencies and others together on a regular basis to jointly assess the extent of the methamphetamine danger in Florida, and then to devise joint, multi-agency approaches to combat both the continued spread of methamphetamine as well as the harmful social and environmental effects resulting from its production and use. To facilitate this plan the 2007 Methamphetamine Control Strategy and a state methamphetamine website (www.stopmethinflorida.org) was introduced that encourages our state and local officials, as well as community coalitions to forge a well coordinated response.
Outcome – 2006 Stop Meth In Florida website
Outcome – 2006 HB 1325
Outcome – 2007 Florida Methamphetamine Control Strategy
Outcome – 2007 Stop Meth Toolkit
Florida Drug Endangered Children Alliance
Task: The Florida Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (Florida DEC) www.floridadec.com is comprised of individuals and organizations concerned about children endangered by caregivers who manufacture drugs, deal drugs or use them and, by doing so, physically or psychologically endanger children. We firmly believe that by changing the conditions in which drug endangered children live from hazardous to hopeful environments, these children will prosper. We urge everyone in a community to practice vigilance in rescuing, defending, sheltering and supporting children who may be endangered and to develop programs to serve the needs of these child victims. The Florida DEC Alliance is affiliated with the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children http://www.nationaldec.org.
Outcome – 2006 Florida DEC Alliance website
Outcome – 2006 Florida DEC training sessions for first responders
Outcome – 2006 Statewide Methamphetamine Guideline
Task: Diversion Response Teams, utilizing federal, state and local law enforcement, have been established to protect Floridians against prescription drug diversion through ongoing coordinated statewide operations. FDLE has placed a Special Agent in all seven regions (two in Miami) whose sole responsibility is to investigate Pharmaceutical Drug Diverters at the highest level. The strategy of the DRT is to investigate significant pharmaceutical drug diverters, including groups or organizations such as healthcare practitioners and patients, pain management clinics, internet and other types of pharmacies, as well as traditional drug trafficking groups violating state and federal laws.
Outcome – 2007 HB 1155