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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health held a summit following the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) director’s announcement that the U.S. life expectancy dropped for the third ye…

Former President Bill Clinton, current and former Democratic policy makers, and public health experts participated in a summit addressing the opioid epidemic. They discussed the ongoing chal…

The Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on synthetic opioids. The first panel included officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Post…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli discussed their efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. They were interviewed by Jonathan Allen …

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the increasing use of synthetic drugs that mimic the effects of illegal narcotics. Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials testif…

Michael Botticelli and officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Health and Human Services, and Baltimore testified at a hearing on ongoing federal government efforts to comb…

Michael Botticelli talked about ways that the federal and state governments could work together on opioid addiction and treatment. Topics included the number of infants born with drug withdr…

The topic of opioid addiction was on the agenda of the nation’s governors at their annual winter meeting in Washington, DC. They talked with a panel about expanding treatment, sharing medica…

Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Governor Peter Shumlin (D-VT), federal drug policy officials, and advocates testified at a hearing on heroin and p…

Michael Botticelli, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and other federal officials testified at a hearing on the reauthorization of ONDCP and the agency’s effort…

President Obama talked about how to tackle the prescription drug overdose problem in the U.S. Then he participated in a panel discussion on prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction with …

Officials from the Drug Enforcement Agency, White House, and other federal agencies testified on ways to stop the increase in heroin abuse and how pain relief medications have contributed to…

Speakers including Michael Botticelli talked about ways in which alternatives to incarceration could be effective at deterring criminal activity. Mr. Botticelli also spoke briefly about his …

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the efforts of federal agencies and courts to combat prescription drug abuse, in particular pain …

Panelists talked about U.S. drug policy at home and abroad. Michael Botticelli, acting director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, and William Brownfield, assistant s…

Witnesses testified at a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing on prescription drug abuse and its role in the increased use of Heroin in the U.S. They also spoke about how…