This podcast, hosted by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP), discusses how the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division is combating the opioid crisis.
This recording, part of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (or “COAP”) podcast series, discusses how the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division is combating the opioid crisis. Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Brian Rabbitt speaks with Matt Lloyd, Principal Deputy Director of Public Affairs, about how DOJ’s Criminal Division is working to combat the opioid epidemic. Opioids are a class of drug that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers that are legally available by prescription, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and many others. According to the CDC, from 1999 to 2018, almost 450,000 people died from an overdose involving opioids, including prescription and illicit opioids. Brian Rabbitt, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for ‘Crim’ discusses how his division focuses their efforts on this crisis, why time is of the essence in these cases, and what the Department is doing to combat this epidemic. Principal Deputy Director for Public Affairs Matt Lloyd, leads the conversation.