Drug Czar Sara Carter Presents Awards to HIDTA Teams in Washington
April 3, 2026 · Office of National Drug Control Policy · 0:01:08
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What happened
Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Sara Carter addressed an awards event in Washington for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) teams, saying she was celebrating the groups and giving awards to the men and women protecting the country on the front line of the battle every day in the war on drugs, ensuring children and communities are safe, as she stated it. The ONDCP description says she handed out well-deserved awards to HIDTA teams nationwide and expressed gratitude for real results in the fight against fentanyl, according to the upload.
Carter said she feels blessed that the HIDTA teams are part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and blessed to work with the group, and that they are working every single day to save lives and bring the death toll down to zero — which she called her plan, as she stated it. She urged a positive outlook and said it can be done together with communities and families, telling parents, teachers and faith leaders that it is up to them to ensure children have the tools and resources they need, and up to law enforcement to get, in her words, the bad guys out of communities and save lives, according to her remarks.
Why it matters
The remarks state the drug czar’s goal in her own words — bringing the overdose death toll to zero — and assign the work jointly to law enforcement and to parents, teachers and faith leaders, which is the ONDCP framing the HIDTA awards were used to advance.
Sources: Office of National Drug Control Policy, “Director Sara Carter handing out awards to HIDTA”, 2026-04-03 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-04-03). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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