Circuit Judge Ari Porth recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to serve on a panel regarding the nation’s opioid crisis. As one of two Seventeenth Circuit’s Circuit Drug Court judges, Judge Porth was one of four panelists presenting to members of Congress and the public about how innovative partnerships between the court system, academia, and others are leading to effective prevention and treatment strategies to combat the crisis. Combating the Opioid Crisis, Treatment to Enforcement: Best Practices & Collaboration also offered advice on successful solutions and addressed gaps in the current system and ways to improve them.
