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What’s Behind Trump’s Budget Proposal To Eliminate The White House Drug Czar?

by Ethan Barton 2-5-18

• The White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy reportedly might cut its budget by 95 percent
• A rift between career staff and political appointees contributed to this budget consideration
• Two anti-drug programs would be moved to other agencies under the Office of Management and Budget’s proposal 

Career staff crucial to crafting the president’s budget proposals have long held a turf war with the White House’s drug policy office and are now taking advantage of inexperienced political appointees and unfilled leadership positions to try to gut the agency amidst the opioid epidemic, sources familiar with both offices told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) – headed by a so-called drug czar – crafts the government’s multi-agency strategy to combat illegal drugs in the U.S., and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reportedly considering cutting its budget by 95 percent.

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