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Dr. Rahul Gupta, the nation's drug czar, to visit West Virginia
by JEFF MORRIS
Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, is shown at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington. Gupta was one of the first witnesses whose video deposition was played at a bench trial Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in which several pharmaceutical manufacturers are accused in a lawsuit of contributing to the crisis. He testified that the opioid epidemic got so bad in drug-ravaged West Virginia that the state was having trouble finding foster parents to care of children. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File){p}{/p}
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) —

Dr. Rahul Gupta, a former top state health official in West Virginia who is the White House drug czar, will be traveling to the Mountain State beginning Tuesday to meet with those on the frontlines of the overdose epidemic.

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Gupta, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, will highlight President Joe Biden’s national drug control strategy and discuss barriers that have been removed for substance use disorder care, according to a news release from Gupta’s office.

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