This publication deals with the specifics of the activities of various subjects of anti-drug policy aimed at identifying the problem of drug addiction and effective methods of solving it, the struggle of ideas and opinions, as well as the redistribution of power resources and conflicts of interest. The main attention is paid to the possibilities of regulatory influence on the situation of drug trafficking and their consumption, the effectiveness of the legal regulation of drug addiction, as well as the types of drug crime and the specifics of the work of law enforcement agencies in the anti-drug sphere.