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Senate Judiciary & Rules hears Director Mary Ann King on reappointment, prevention focus for fentanyl-era drug policy
Summary
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee heard testimony from Director Mary Ann King ahead of a gubernatorial reappointment vote at a later meeting. King highlighted prevention, partnerships and evaluation as central to Idaho’s response to rising fentanyl deaths and described workforce and parent-engagement challenges.
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee on an unspecified date heard testimony from Mary Ann King, director of the Office of Drug Policy, as part of the governor’s reappointment process for her role. Committee chair Senator Lakey told King the committee typically votes on appointments at the next meeting.
King, who began her career as a juvenile probation officer and later worked with Drug Free Idaho, told the committee prevention is the best way to reduce substance misuse: “If we wanna be successful in reducing the impact of substance abuse in our communities, we have got to get ourselves as far upstream as we possibly can,” King said. She described ODP’s statutory role in coordinating drug and substance abuse policy and programs…
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