WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is sending one of his top drug-policy advisers to Knoxville for a community forum on preventing and treating prescription drug abuse and heroin use.
Michael Botticelli, director of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, will attend the invitation-only event on Thursday at 2 p.m. at South College.
Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, who said she received an invitation last week, is also scheduled to speak.
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