White House responds to heroine epidemic with strong legislation, programs
buzzz worthy. . . W hite House Drug Policy Office Funds New Projects in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Volume of heroine entering country continues to rise in line with addiction and overdose from the drug, t ripling from 210-2013 according to the CDC Washington, D.C. – Today, Michael Botticelli, Director of National Drug Control Policy, announced $13.4 million in funding for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA). Of that, $5 million will be directed to a broad range of efforts that will reduce the trafficking, distribution, and use of heroin – a drug that has emerged as a serious threat to multiple regions of the United States. In particular, $2.5 million will fund the Heroin Response Strategy, an unprecedented partnership among five regional HIDTA programs — Appalachia, New England, Philadelphia/Camden, New York/New Jersey, and Washington/Baltimore — to address the severe heroin threat facing those communities through public health-public sa...