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- You spoke at APHA’s 139th Annual Meeting in 2011 about taking a public health approach to the National Drug Control Strategy. What does that mean? And why the new approach?
- How can members of the public health community help focus the connection between public health and drug abuse prevention and treatment?
- Interestingly, you and the five previous directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy come from very different backgrounds — from those who formerly served as a state governor to an Army general, a secretary of education and your 37-year career in law enforcement, most recently as Seattle’s police chief. How are you able to bring a multi-disciplinary perspective to the job?
- This past October, you announced a new partnership with Mothers Against Drunk Driving to combat drugged driving. How are you working to raise awareness of the issue?
- Can you discuss the importance of partnerships, whether at the federal, state or local level, or all three, when it comes to drug abuse prevention and education?
- You serve on the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, which is charged with providing coordination in implementing preventive care as part of the Affordable Care Act. Does this help integrate drug-related problems into the national health and prevention conversation?
- The Office of National Drug Control Policy website mentions that “while drug addiction respects no geographic, ethnic, economic, or social boundaries, there are some specific populations that deserve focused efforts” such as the military and veterans and their families, colleges and universities and American Indians and Alaska Natives. How can the needs of these populations be addressed while taking on the national problem of drug use and abuse?