WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped deputy White House chief of staff Jim Carroll to serve as the administration’s next drug czar.
Carroll’s position as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy will make him the most public face of the administration’s efforts to fight the opioid epidemic — an effort critics say hasn’t gone nearly far enough.
Carroll does not appear to have any public health experience. He worked for the Ford Motor Company before joining the administration and also worked for the Justice and Treasury departments.
But the White House said that after law school, Carroll spent five years as the assistant commonwealth attorney for Fairfax, Virginia, where the majority of the cases were drug-related and he worked directly with those affected by drug abuse.
He also worked with attorneys facing substance abuse issues at the Virginia State Bar.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the administration has “full confidence in Jim to lead ONDCP to make significant strides in combating the opioids crisis, reducing drug use, and coordinating U.S. drug policy.”
In the Trump WH, that’s enough to move him to the top of the list.
I don’t know about that. They’ve moved their peas all the way under the mashed potatoes, give them some credit.
Has this administration picked anyone who was actually qualified for any job? Any single one? Can anyone name one single nominee who was qualified in any way other than being either a lackey or a multimillionaire donor? Is it any wonder that this man has failed at so many business ventures? He picks nominees for the most important positions in government the way mean girls in middle school pick their friends - for the way they look or the ways they agree on who they hate. We are in the middle of an experiment - how would FOX news run the country if it were a person? How do we like it so far?
Senate hearings:
“Do you have any experience in the public health sector?”
“I took an ibuprofen this morning.”
People- please run for office. I’m getting a ‘contact psychosis’ from these bird brains…
The White House also announced that Kellyanne Conway was joining Carroll to be the pubic face of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.