It will vigorously promote treaties and agreements that provide clear penalties to individuals who buy, sell or use harmful drugs...

The institute supports efforts to oppose policies based on the concept of harm reduction.

[5] The president of the Canadian Health Libraries Association has also said it appears to be driven more by a political agenda than by science: "That journal, which looks legitimate, which is being used by the Canadian government to back up various decisions, is supported by groups that believe enforcement is the route to reducing drug use.

One new and worrisome trend is the creation of internet sites posing as open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journals.

"[8]An opinion piece in The Lancet Infectious Diseases stated "To our knowledge, this is the first time a lobby group such as the Drug Free America Foundation has created for itself a venue for the dissemination of opinion essays, which to the untrained eye could easily be mistaken for a scientific journal".