you helped to set up the first ever national drug strategy. land. yes, it is, there are certainly some aspects of the drug strategy that we did 20 years ago it made a big difference, drug—related crime has come down a long way, the overall rate of drug use is down but there are still this group of individuals, very marginalised from society, taking a lot of risks and continuing with drug use and that is demonstrated in the drug—related death figures. we have to get a lot better at encouraging those people to ta ke better at encouraging those people to take services and try to build a better life for themselves. mike, thank you very much indeed for talking to us this evening. the prime minister's revised plan for post—brexit customs arrangements has begun to circulate among ministers and officials. it's the latest attempt to reach a compromise in the cabinet, which remains deeply divided ahead of friday's crucial meeting at chequers, theresa may's country retreat. but details of the plan have already been dismissed by prominent brexiteers. 0ur d

drug abuse initiatives in the early 1970's. they discussed treatment approaches, law-enforcement strategies, and even president nixon's famous meeting with elvis presley. offered his own assistance on the drug fight. the national archives and the richard nixon foundation cohosted this event. it is one hour and

drug initiatives. they discuss law enforcement strategy and even the president's famous meeting with elvis presley. the national archives and the richard nixon foundation cohosted this event. it's an hour and half.

drug abuse and -- initiatives. they discussed treatment approaches, but enforcement strategies and even president and's famous -- the national archives and the richard nixon foundation cohosted this event. it is 1.5 hours. e, >> it's a pleasure to welcome you here for another of the nixon legacy forums that we co-sponsor with the richard nixon foundation. welcome to those of you who are attending in person at the national archives building in washington, d.c. and also those of you who are joining us on our youtube channel. a special welcome to our c-span viewer this is morning. we started doing these in 2010 and have now put on over three dozen such programs which

drug abuse initiatives in the early 1970's. they discussed treatment approaches, law-enforcement strategies, and even president nixon's famous meeting with elvis presley. offered his own assistance on the drug fight. the national archives and the richard nixon foundation cohosted this event. it is one hour and a half. >> good morning. i am david of the archivist of the united states. it's a pleasure to welcome you here for another of the nixon legacy forums that we co-sponsor with the richard nixon foundation. welcome to those of you who are attending in person at the national archives building in washington, d.c. and also those of you who are joining us on our youtube channel. a special welcome to our c-span viewers this is morning. we started doing these in 2010 and have now put on over three dozen such programs which feature in-depth discussion of various public policy initiatives undertaken by the nixon administration. welcome the gospel choir. [singing] documents are housed in the archives kept in the nixon library in california. but these are the discussions and debates behind those documents by the very people who created them which can provide unique insight on the implementation process utilized by pr

drug initiatives. they discuss law enforcement strategy and even the president's famous meeting with elvis presley. the national archives and the richard nixon foundation cohosted this event. it's an hour and half. grandma it's a pleasure to welcome you here for our next and legacy forums. welcome to those of you attending in person at the national archives building in washington dc. also those of you joining us on our youtube channel. we started doing these in 2010 and put on three dozen programs, policyeatured public initiatives undertaken by the nixon administration. let these programs add are an insider explanation to the discussions and debate behind those documents by the very people who created them, which provide insights to the policy development implementation process. what we are adding today is the ability to electronically retrieve the documents from the archives which will be posted on our website at the same time as the video of today's presentation. we will be working with the nixon foundation to make these documents available to future researchers and scholars. today's presentation is entitled

nations to the south, to make sure the economies there are strong. if you're mexico and there is the united states and an incredible demand of drugs coming from the united states, what strategy is going to be successful to completely root out the trafficking of drugs to the united states where you have a huge demand for it and because mexico is not colombia which obviously's in south america but basically got a 2,000 mile border with the united states, so in other words, it's a centrally geographically central country for drug trafficking routes, how do they combat that? >> this is not exactly an area that i have expertise in terms of domestic demand. my understanding is that the administration has -- is putting together policies to look at fentanyl and look at ways that we can reduce people's use of these drugs. in terms of working with other countries which is where we operate, the state department, we have excellent cooperation with mexico and with other countries in the region including colombia to -- to work with them, to reduce the amount of these things that they produce, that they prosecute those who are responsible. we have this working group with the mexicans on co

nations to the south and make sure the economies are strong, but let me ask you, if you are mexico and there is the united states, an incredible demand for drugs coming from the united states, what strategying to be successful to completely root out the trafficking of drugs to the united states where you have a huge demand for it? mexico is not colombia, which obviously in south america but it basically got a 2000-mile border with the united states so in other words is the centrally geographically, it's a geographic way for drug trafficking routes but how they combat that. >> this is not exactly an area i have expertise in terms of domestic demand, my understanding is that the administration has putting together policies to look at that no and ways that we can reduce people's use of these drugs. : : : >> to combat central america transnational criminal organizations. this is ongoing work and important work and ultimately we are hoping it will be successful. >> i posed the question because as we figure that out if you are a relatively poor nation with the rule of law that is not what it should be with incredible corruption in people not making much money in very poor tempted to go into th