Humphreys was a psychologist and senior policy advisor for the Obama administration.
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“Dr. Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and a former adviser in the Obama administration, calls the Trump administration’s response ‘pathetic,’ saying it mostly repurposes long-existing public health programs. Humphreys notes that aside from the emergency declaration, there is little that was recommended by the White House commission in the president’s plan.”
“This week, a group of Democratic senators introduced a bill that would provide more than $45 billion for opioid abuse prevention, surveillance, and treatment… Humphreys, a former official in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, says that if the president is serious about opioids, he should endorse that bill.”