Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence Information

The not-for-profit Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence (CLAAD) coordinates a comprehensive national effort to prevent prescription drug fraud, diversion, misuse, and abuse while advancing consumer access to high-quality health care. CLAAD enables health professionals, law enforcement, businesses, government, and others to share resources and work together to improve public health and safety. We work to foster collaboration among the multiple sectors of society that had previously been working concurrently, yet not in unison, to address the growing national concern for prescription medication abuse. CLAAD gathers information and research on prescription drug abuse, misuse, and diversion. We also coordinate grassroots activities amongst interested organizations and makes policy recommendations on prescription drug abuse with the goal of improving the public health. CLAAD is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. CLAAD’s policy positions are established through a consensus process, in which at least 80 percent of the participants must represent not-for-profit organizations. This rule of governance ensures that the public interest drives CLAAD’s priorities, as opposed to the interests of individual stakeholders.