The National Drug Control Master Plan addresses the recent rise and proliferation of illicit drug production, trafficking, abuse as well as related criminal activity in the Lao PDR. The Master Plan responds to the heightened risks this activity poses to the countrys social order and national stability through a comprehensive strategy. This new Master Plan will facilitate implementation of the National Drug Law which the National Assembly passed on 25 December 2007, and promulgated by the President of the Lao PDR on the 14 January 2008. The Lao National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC), with an expanded mandate under this law, will coordinate Master Plan implementation.