Pubdate: Fri, 01 Sep 2017
Source: Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
Copyright: 2017 The Morning Call Inc.
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Author: Ken Thomas

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Donald Trump will
nominate a Pennsylvania congressman to serve as the nation's drug czar.

The Trump administration announced Friday that the president has
tapped Rep. Tom Marino to lead the Office of National Drug Control
Policy.

In Congress, Marino has worked to expand access to treatment for
people struggling with opioid addiction.

The 64-year-old Republican congressman lives outside Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, and is a former county prosecutor who served as U.S.
attorney in Pennsylvania's Middle District under President George W.
Bush.

Marino was an early supporter of the president and the first
Pennsylvania congressman to endorse Trump in the presidential primary
contest. He had previously withdrawn his name from consideration in
May, citing a family illness.
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