The modern drug abuse epidemic is a global threat to public health and to public safety. World Federation Against Drugs is the international organization of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) using the best strategies to reduce illegal drug use and the serious negative consequences that result from drug use.

World Federation Against Drugs is rooted in the Swedish experience with the drug abuse epidemic and the resulting balanced and restrictive Swedish drug policy that enjoys broad support across the political spectrum in Sweden. This policy has produced one of the lowest rates of drug use in the developed world.

World Federation Against Drugs goal is to harness the awesome power of the world's NGO's to reverse the drug abuse epidemic by supporting the drug-free goal and the drug abuse prevention treaties of the United Nations. World Federation Against Drugs focuses especially on the UN Treaty on the Rights of the Child which calls on all nations to protect children from both drug use and drug sales.