Thread: At 2pm eastern the White House @ONDCP will answer lawmakers' questions about a plan the @JoeBiden team says will cut drug overdose deaths by 13% by 2025. Goals are ambitious. Some Senators and drug policy experts are skeptical 1/ @npr
@ONDCP @JoeBiden @NPR I'll live tweet as much of today's Senate hearing as I can and I'll have a report on the White House drug control strategy later today on @npr and tomorrow on @MorningEdition. More soon 2/
Hearing now underway with @ChuckGrassley suggesting that White House "harm reduction" strategies could actually make dangerous drugs more widely available. Points to deep ideological differences between "drug war" and "harm reduction" approaches. 3/
@ChuckGrassley Dr. Gupta, head of the @ONDCP testifying now, noting that a drug overdose is claiming a life in the US every 5 minutes. Drug overdoses now leading cause of death for Americans age 18-45 @npr #addiction 4/
Dr. Gupta saying White House and @JoeBiden administration is moving to expand access to Naloxone, a drug that helps reverse #opioidcrisis overdoses. Says action must be "bold and innovative." 5/
Dr. Gupta @ondcp says this drug strategy could save 164,000 lives over the next three years 6/
Chair of the hearing @SenWhitehouse urging White House to step up efforts to target Mexican drug cartel profits to remove the incentives that drive "evil" activity. It's difficult however to target organizations based in China, India, Mexico and other offshore locations 6/
Here's my story for @npr on the @ondcp @JoeBiden strategy to slow fatal drug overdoses by 13% over the next three years. Officials say it would save 160,000 lives if fully implemented. I'll jump on @MorningEdition to talk about details 👇 /End npr.org/2022/06/15/110…
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