Israel Anti-Drug Authority Explained

Agencyname:	Israel National Authority for Community Safety
Nativenamea:	הרשות הלאומית לביטחון קהילתי
Formedyear:	1988
Country:	Israel
Countryabbr:	ISR
Legaljuris:	Israel
Governingbody:	Government of Israel
Police:	yes
Headquarters:	Kanfei Nesharim, 7; Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
Minister1name:	Itamar Ben-Gvir
Minister1pfo:	Minister of National Security
Chief1name:	Ronit Ovadiah
Chief1position:	General-Director
Parentagency:	Prime Minister Office
Child1agency:	"Dror" Anti-Drugs Unit

Israel National Authority for Community Safety (he|הרשות הלאומית לביטחון קהילתי) is a governmental law enforcement agency of executive authority responsible for drafting state policy, legal regulation, control and monitoring in combating trafficking drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors.

History

IADA was established after the passage of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority Law at the end of 1988. IADA is a quasi-governmental agency, which operates under the aegis of the Prime Minister.^[1]

In 2005, the Israeli government extended The Authority's mandate to include the battle on alcohol abuse. In 2009, the Knesset approved a decision granting the Ministry of Public Security responsibility for The Authority.

In May 2020 it was subordinated to the newly created Ministry for Community Empowerment and Advancement.

The authority is specially authorized to address and solve problems relating to traffic in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors; The Authority is also authorized to combat the illicit drug trafficking.

Since 2009, the full name is Israel's Anti-Drugs and Alcohol National Authority. On 2017, its name was changed to The National Authority for Community Safety, and became part of the Ministry of National Security.

Missions

The principal duties, as defined by law, are to lead the national war on drugs and alcohol abuse by:

• Formulating all national policies related to education, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
• Coordinating inter-ministerial and inter-institutional cooperation and activities.
• Initiating and developing educational and public awareness materials.
• Treating and rehabilitating victims of substance abuse, and their families.
• Supervising all areas related to law enforcement, and all institutions' respective roles in this area.
• Organizing communal awareness and prevention programs nationwide.
• Conducting research to track trends in use and to evaluate project implementation.
• Recruiting and training qualified professionals to lead the war on drugs from the bottom up.
• Providing national information services in many formats, through many vehicles and across the spectrum of the Israeli society.
• Recruiting volunteers to complement the professionals' role.
• Promoting drug-related public awareness materials in order to create a social climate which rejects drug use.
• Sponsoring drug related research, including national surveys and municipal surveys on drug abuse to track the extent of drug use and evaluation research on activities carried out by IADA and other institutions.
• Training professional staff to lead the war on drugs.
• Leading community work.

See also

• Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. counterpart
• Anti-Narcotics Force, Pakistani counterpart

External links

• Official Website
• Web site: IADA / Overview . https://web.archive.org/web/20151210091107/http://www.antidrugs.gov.il/download/files/antidrugs.pdf . 2015-12-10.

Notes and References

1. Itzhaky . Haya . Gropper . Michael . 1997 . An exploratory profile of the anti-drug authority coordinator in Israel . Social Work in Health Care . 25 . 4 . 37–53 . 10.1300/J010v25n04_03 . 0098-1389.