Deloris Jordan named to advisory council of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Deloris Jordan, president of the James R. Jordan Foundation and the founder/president of De'Laro, Inc./Family First, has recently been appointed as a member of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Demand Reduction Advisory Council by DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson.

Jordan, the author of Salt in His Shoes, is also the famous mother of basketball superstar Michael Jordan.

The DEA's Demand Reduction Program, created in 1986, is currently the premier agency for domestic enforcement of the federal drug laws and has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug probes abroad.

The goals of the DEA's Demand Reduction program are: to provide timely, accurate and persuasive information to a variety of audiences in order to build support for effective drug enforcement; to educate the public about the dangers of drugs and the effects of drug abuse on the nation and to reach community leaders, parents, teachers, counselors and employees in the workplace in order to educate them about implementing drug prevention and education programs.