Dr. Jerome Adams to provide update on opioid crisis today

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —

Dr. Jerome Adams, Purdue University executive director of health equity initiatives and the 20th U.S. surgeon general, and members of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Opioid Crisis Task Force will discuss the release of the BPC report, Combating the Opioid Crisis – ‘Smarter Spending’ to Enhance the Federal Response,’ live on CSPAN at 1 p.m. today (May 2).

  • WHAT – BPC Opioid Crisis Task Force report release and discussion.
  • WHO – Task force members Dr. Jerome Adams, former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, former California Rep. Mary Bono, eMed’s Dr. Patrice Harris, the Brookings Institution’s Richard Frank, and former Health and Human Services Secretary and Florida Rep. Donna Shalala.
  • WHEN – 1-2 p.m., May 2
  • WHERE – live on CSPAN

More information about the task force and report, or to register for the event can be found on the BPC website.

To speak with Dr. Adams regarding Purdue health equity initiatives, contact Tim Doty doty2@purdue.edu.

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