Addiction Treatment for Inmates Draws Biden Drug Focus for 2023

Incarcerated Americans struggling with addiction are slated to be the focus of 2023 Biden administration plans to quell soaring national drug use, a top White House official told Bloomberg Law.

The White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is working with the administration’s Drug Enforcement Administration and the Health and Human Services Department on a plan to provide addiction treatment services to incarcerated individuals across federal correctional systems, Rahul Gupta, the office’s director, said in an interview Thursday.

The White House office is likewise working with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide states with guidance ...