National Rx Drug and Heroin Summit 2016
NATIONAL RX DRUG AND HEROIN SUMMIT 2016
Excerpts from the fifth annual National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta include remarks by President Barack Obama, U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers, and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy. Plus, an interview with Nancy Hale, executive director of Kentucky-based Operation UNITE. Part of KET’s “Inside Opioid Addiction” initiative, funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
ONE TO ONE WITH MICHAEL BOTTICELLI (NODCP)
From the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Bill speaks with Michael Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Part of KET’s “Inside Opioid Addiction” initiative, funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
ONE TO ONE WITH TOM FRIEDEN (CDC) AND ELI CAPILUTO AND CATHERINE MARTIN(UKY)
From the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Bill speaks with Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto; and Dr. Catherine Martin, division director, University of Kentucky Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Department. Part of KET’s “Inside Opioid Addiction” initiative, funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
ONE TO ONE WITH NORA VOLKOW (NIDA)
From the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Bill speaks with Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Part of KET’s “Inside Opioid Addiction” initiative, funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
ONE TO ONE WITH HAL ROGERS AND JACKIE STEELE
From the 2016 National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Bill speaks with U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (R-KY 5th District) and Jackie Steele, Commonwealth’s Attorney for Kentucky’s 27th Judicial District and vice-chair of Operation UNITE. Part of KET’s “Inside Opioid Addiction” initiative, funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.