Carter Tells Newsmax Drug Deaths Are Down Under the President's Policies
August 28, 2026 · Office of National Drug Control Policy · 0:09:51
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What happened
ONDCP Director Sara Carter joined Newsmax for an interview the ONDCP posted on August 28, 2026 under the headline “DRUG DEATHS DOWN!” According to the office, Carter discussed how the President’s policies are saving American lives, and the administration “will keep fighting until illicit drugs are off our streets FOR GOOD,” as the ONDCP put it. Newsmax carried the same appearance on its own channel the same day; this page embeds the ONDCP’s official posting of the interview.
Why it matters
The falling overdose toll is the administration’s headline claim for its drug strategy, and Carter is the official who owns that number. This interview is her statement of the claim in its simplest form — the assertion her office’s data releases and her later threat warnings are checked against on this site.
Scoreboard watch
This is a candidate item for the weekly scoreboard: the drug-deaths decline as stated by Director Carter on August 28, 2026, to be checked against the official overdose statistics as published.
Sources: Office of National Drug Control Policy, “DRUG DEATHS DOWN! Director Sara Carter joined NEWSMAX” (official upload, embedded above); the same interview as carried by Newsmax, August 28, 2026. Characterization as stated by the ONDCP.
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