The Interior Department and the National Congress of American Indians will announce an anti-methamphetamine public awareness campaign today.
A news conference is scheduled at 1pm at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Speakers include Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, NCAI Executive Director Jackie Johnson and Carol Lankford, the vice chair of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana.
The announcement of the radio and print campaign comes on National Methamphetamine Awareness Day.
Other partners in the initiative include the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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