This program will examine ways to advance and evaluate decision-making actions to address drug misuse, abuse, and overdose. Participants will learn how to 1) improve data collection and analysis around drug misuse, abuse, and overdose; 2) develop strategies that impact behaviors driving drug dependence and abuse; and 3) work with communities to develop more comprehensive drug prevention programs. Policymakers will be exposed to the evidence-based drug prevention in schools, use of the mass media for information campaigns targeting audience and medicine-evidence treatment practices.