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Over the weekend, President Trump nominated current Indiana Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams to be America’s next Surgeon General. The appointment would make Dr. Adams, a practicing anesthesiologist, the highest ranking doctor in the United States if his nomination is confirmed by the Senate.
Dr. Adams has compiled an impressive medical resume in Indiana, where former Governor Mike Pence appointed him to be the State’s Health Commissioner in 2014. Throughout his career, Adams has shown a penchant for bucking the traditional War on Drugs mentality by embracing new progressive approaches to eradicating the problem.
Shortly after being appointed by Pence, the Indiana Governor leaned on Adams during a rare HIV outbreak in a county near the Kentucky border. The surge in HIV cases was due to a culture of needle sharing in the area, so Adams recommended implementing a needle exchange. Eventually, the idea helped alleviate the issue by getting infected needles off the street and giving people a chance to get connected with the care they so desperately needed.
“It’s only going to work if it allows us to connect people to the resources they need to get clean, to get…
