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Summary:
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams and
Commissioned Corps officers visit the opioids memorial on the
Ellipse and discuss how they can fight the opioid crisis.
Officers of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps take
on many different jobs across the federal government, including
foreign deployments that deal with life-threatening conditions. But
at the end of the day, many of them continue to serve on their own
time. Increasingly, they are finding a role to play in fighting the
opioid crisis in the communities where they live.
Cmdr. Leo Angelo Gumapas, an engineer working on water
systems, and Lt. Cmdr. John Pesce, managing a portfolio of research
grants at NIH related to parasite infection, have been spending
their off duty hours educating the public about the dangers of
opioids and connecting individuals with resources to help prevent
addiction.
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