The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program seeks to reduce the production, smuggling, distribution, and use of illegal drugs adversely affecting the United States. In furtherance of this, Northwest HIDTA promotes collaboration by and between federal, state, local, and tribal agencies to identify and address established priorities. The approach to reducing the drug threat — and its harmful effects — is diverse and achieved, in part, through operational law enforcement efforts, intelligence gathering and sharing, prevention and treatment programs, and education and training initiatives. Northwest HIDTA provides direct service to 15 of the state’s 39 counties. A considerable number of agencies and entities, from both public health and law enforcement, participate and provide invaluable resources in support of the program. On any given day, Northwest HIDTA participants and employees back the vital work underway in community coalitions, drug courts, other prevention and treatment groups, and law enforcement initiatives, all responsible for keeping our communities safe and drug free.