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Director of Idaho Office of Drug Policy outlines prevention focus at reappointment hearing
Summary
Mary Ann King, director of the Idaho Office of Drug Policy, told the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee she favors upstream prevention, partnership-building and evidence-based programs and said the committee will vote on her reappointment at a later meeting.
Mary Ann King, director of the Idaho Office of Drug Policy, described the agency's prevention-first approach and outlined program priorities and challenges when she appeared for a gubernatorial reappointment hearing before the Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee.
King told the committee she began her career as a juvenile probation officer and later worked with Drug Free Idaho before joining the Office of Drug Policy (ODP). “By statute, ODP is tasked with identifying, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating drug and substance abuse policies and programs across our state,” King said, describing grant-making, data-driven program selection and evaluation as core agency work.
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