Center for Drug Policy and Prevention
The Center for Drug Policy and Prevention (CDPP) brings together policy experts, advocates and scholars dedicated to scientific research and best practices for stopping the proliferation of drugs and violence in our communities. The center focuses on applied research initiatives to reduce drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms trafficking, drug-related violence, and gang activity, and pursues strategies to advance a public-health approach to resolving the core problem of addiction.
Funded entirely through external grants, the CDPP focuses its efforts on Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia, and includes the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program. The HIDTA Program—which is strongly aligned with the mission of the College of Public Affairs—is a federal grant program administered by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy that provides resources to assist federal, state, local and tribal agencies in coordinating activities that address drug trafficking in specifically designated areas of the United States.
NIJ Report to Congress: Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Features CDPP’s Overdose Mapping Application Program
In a report that details the results of a national needs assessment of forensic science service providers conducted in 2017-2018, the National Institute of Justice recommends that laboratories and medical examiner/coroner (ME/C) offices consider using the University of Baltimore Center for Drug Policy and Prevention’s Overdose Mapping Application Program (ODMAP). The report suggested that partnerships facilitated by ODMAP “may provide an opportunity for laboratories and ME/C offices to provide direct feedback to ODMAP partners on the results of drug and toxicology analysis and death investigations.” For more information on the report recommendations, click here.