Two months later, the Trump administration proposed gutting the office of the White House drug czar, reducing its budget by $364 million, despite Trump’s campaign vow to combat the nation’s growing opioid epidemic, and backed health care changes that would have put the most vulnerable users at risk. After a backlash, Trump rolled back his proposal to relatively modest trims. But more than a year after his inauguration, the office still lacked a permanent director, Trump remained more focused on law enforcement than public health strategies, and a comprehensive list of recommendations written
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