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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Recent news reports indicate that the Trump Administration wants to cut the

<span class="link"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-president-trump-slash-the-office-of-drug-policy/" target="_blank">White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) [CBS story]</a></span> budget by nearly 95 percent.  The ONDCP's website

 is no longer available.<br>

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<a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/05/05/527076657/leaked-document-indicates-big-proposed-cuts-to-drug-czars-office" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/2017/05/05/527076657/leaked-document-indicates-big-proposed-cuts-to-drug-czars-office</a><br>

<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-05-05/budget-document-seeks-almost-95-percent-cut-for-drug-czar-office" target="_blank">https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-05-05/budget-document-seeks-almost-95-percent-cut-for-drug-czar-office</a><br>

More general story on cuts, including ONDCP:<br>

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/politics/trump-program-eliminations-white-house-budget-office.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/politics/trump-program-eliminations-white-house-budget-office.html</a>

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