TY - JOUR T1 - Q&A with ONDCP’s Botticelli: No other disease requires patients to ‘hit bottom’ before getting care: US drug czar calls for comprehensive care for substance use JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 6 LP - 6 VL - 45 IS - 5 AU - Lindsey Wahowiak Y1 - 2015/07/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/45/5/6.abstract N2 - Michael Botticelli, MEd, might be uniquely prepared to serve as director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy: When he was sworn into the job in February this year, he had 25 years of sobriety. Botticelli has been open about his own history of alcohol abuse, and how the option for a treatment program, rather than jail, helped set his life’s course for work in public health. Botticelli has worked in prevention, treatment and education about substance use, including with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health before taking over as America’s drug czar. ER -