July 20, 2021

The Federal Response to the Drug Overdose Epidemic

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), co-Chairman, will hold a hearing of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control to examine the federal response to the drug overdose epidemic.

The hearing transcript is available here.

Opening Statements

CHAIRMAN (D - RI)

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sen. Whitehouse’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery.

CO-CHAIR (R - IA)

Chuck Grassley

Sen. Grassely’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery.

Witnesses

Regina LaBelle

Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

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Tom Coderre

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Nora Volkow

Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Panel II

Nicole Alexander-Scott

Director, Rhode Island Department of Health

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Keith Humphreys

Esther Ting Memorial Professor, Stanford University

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Steve Gurdak

Group Manager, Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Northern Virginia Financial Initiative

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Office of National Drug Control Policy responses to Questions for the Record available here.

SAMHSA responses to Questions for the Record available here.

National Institute on Drug Abuse responses to Questions for the Record available here.