Michael Botticelli: Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one
Michael Botticelli: Verslaving is een ziekte. Zo moeten we ze ook behandelen
As Director of National Drug Control Policy, Michael Botticelli led the Obama Administration’s drug policy efforts to diminish the consequences of substance use through evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery support services. Full bio
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I was a broken man.
was ik een gebroken man.
to tell that if you met me.
aan me gezien als je me tegenkwam.
academic institution.
gerespecteerde academische instelling.
was weg aan het rotten.
riddled with addiction,
in een gezin met verslavingsproblemen.
with my own sexuality.
met mijn eigen seksualiteit.
of isolation and insecurities.
my way through college.
in the early 1980s,
eindelijk uit de kast kwam,
to meet other gay people,
homoseksuele mensen te ontmoeten,
my disease progressed undiagnosed.
vorderde mijn ziekte ongediagnosticeerd.
and places and things
plaatsen en dingen
an intersection with the law
has been filled with love and with joy,
van liefde en vreugde,
zag ik te veel vrienden en familie
friends and family to this disease.
hartverscheurende verhalen
heartbreaking stories
loved ones to addiction.
verloren door verslaving.
countless friends to HIV and AIDS.
door hiv en aids.
and the AIDS epidemic
en de aids-epidemie
of the greatest health crises of our time.
gezondheidscrises van deze tijd door.
with prescription drugs and heroin.
op recept en van heroïne.
were dying from HIV and AIDS.
tientallen mensen aan hiv en aids.
niet in de mond nemen.
with our current epidemic.
parallellen met onze huidige epidemie.
the innocent victims from the rest of us.
scheiden van de rest.
gingen verliezen,
blaming us for being sick.
gaven voor de ziekte.
by stigma and fear,
door stigma en angst,
research, recovery and treatment.
en politieke beweging ontstaan.
te spreken en te handelen.
the LGBT movement.
de LGBT-beweging op gang.
in a battle for our lives
and we made things happen.
en we lieten dingen gebeuren.
in our lifetime.
te zien verdwijnen.
in het minst te wijten
to their friends, to their families
for the Names Project.
bij het 'Names Project'.
by Cleve Jones in San Francisco
door Cleve Jones in San Francisco
die aan aids overleden
the AIDS memorial quilt
van de 'AIDS memorial quilt'
on a brilliant day in October, 1988.
op een schitterende dag in oktober 1988.
down the ban on same-sex marriage.
homohuwelijk te schrappen.
to the steps of the Supreme Court
naar de trappen van het Hooggerechtshof
with so many other people,
andere mensen te vieren
how far we came around LGBT rights
met de LGBT-rechten
around issues of addiction.
rond vraagstukken van verslaving.
door President Obama
by President Obama
van de Drug Policy te zijn,
and about the fact that I was a gay man.
en over het feit dat ik homoseksueel ben.
tijdens mijn aanstellingsproces --
my confirmation process --
come to bear on my candidacy
enige invloed op mijn kandidatuur
zei een congresmedewerker
said that there was no way
by the United States Senate
door de Senaat van de Verenigde Staten
in recovery for over 20 years,
dan 20 jaar in herstel was
wat kennis over verslaving nodig hebt.
of knowledge around addiction.
substance use disorders
met middelengebruik
coming out as a gay man
makkelijker voor uitkom dat ik homo ben
with a history of addiction.
met een verslavingsgeschiedenis.
is affected by addiction.
krijgt te maken met verslaving.
it's not talked about openly and honestly.
niet open en eerlijk over gepraat.
time and time again, on TV, online,
keer op keer op tv, online,
and we hear it from family and friends.
van familie en vrienden.
we hear those voices,
hoort die stemmen
less deserving of care and treatment.
op zorg en behandeling.
only one in nine people
slechts één op de negen mensen
met andere ziekten zorg en behandeling.
get care and treatment.
krijg je behandeling.
and you get referred to care.
en krijg je de nodige zorg.
have to wait for treatment
wachten op behandeling
niet krijgen indien nodig.
has significant, dire consequences.
belangrijke, ernstige gevolgen.
that means death or incarceration.
de dood of opsluiting.
out of this problem.
oplossen door arrestaties.
onderzoek hebben aangetoond
and that people develop.
has taken a different tack on drug policy.
een andere boeg gegooid qua drugsbeleid.
a comprehensive plan
ontwikkeld en geïmplementeerd
treatment services,
en behandelingen uit te breiden,
en herstel te ondersteunen.
van het strafrecht erdoor gekregen.
to give people second chances.
om mensen een tweede kans te geven.
officials working hand in hand
van openbare veiligheid samenwerken
guiding people to treatment
behandeling voor mensen suggereren
in de gevangenis te steken.
and other first responders
en andere eerstehulpverleners
to give people a second chance for care.
een tweede kans voor zorg te geven.
is the biggest expansion
is de grootste uitbreiding
treatment in a generation,
druggebruiksstoornis in een generatie
of treatment services within primary care.
met de eerstelijns gezondheidszorg.
all of this work is not enough.
schiet al dit werk tekort,
that we view people with addiction
anders gaan kijken
understood that I had a problem
begreep dat ik een probleem had
I was stupid, that I was weak-willed,
dat ik stom was, een zwakke wil had,
because I want to make change.
want ik wil iets veranderen.
and candid about who we are
en eerlijk moeten zijn over wie we zijn
om zelfgenoegzaam te zijn.
to change public opinion,
om de publieke opinie te veranderen,
epidemie te veranderen
and empower the millions of Americans
die hiermee worstelen
about who they are.
over wie ze zijn.
to change public opinion
en de politiek te veranderen.
who has an addiction,
iemand met een verslaving
with addiction in the United States.
in de Verenigde Staten aankijken
someone with an addiction,
or an addict or an abuser --
een verslaafde of een misbruiker --
in de Verenigde Staten
in the United States
people with addiction.
met een verslaving zien.
get care when they need it,
hulp krijgen als ze het nodig hebben,
unstoppable movement
groeiende, niet te stuiten beweging
enter recovery,
te laten herstellen
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Botticelli - Drug policy expertAs Director of National Drug Control Policy, Michael Botticelli led the Obama Administration’s drug policy efforts to diminish the consequences of substance use through evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery support services.
Why you should listen
Michael Botticelli was sworn in as Director of National Drug Control Policy at the White House on February 11, 2015, after being unanimously confirmed by the Senate. He joined the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) as Deputy Director in November 2012 and later served as Acting Director. He is currently the Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine at Boston Medical Center and also a Distinguished Policy Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
As Director of National Drug Control Policy, Botticelli led the Obama Administration's drug policy efforts, which are based on a balanced public health and public safety approach. The Administration advanced historic drug policy reforms and innovations in prevention, criminal justice, treatment and recovery.
In response to the national opioid epidemic, Botticelli coordinated actions across the Federal government to reduce prescription drug abuse, heroin use and related overdoses. These include supporting community-based prevention efforts; educating prescribers and the public about preventing prescription drug abuse; expanding use of the life-saving overdose-reversal drug naloxone by law enforcement and other first responders; and increasing access to medication-assisted treatment and recovery support services to help individuals sustain their recovery from opioid use disorders.
Botticelli has more than two decades of experience supporting Americans affected by substance use disorders. Prior to joining ONDCP, he served as Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, where he successfully expanded innovative and nationally recognized prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He also forged strong partnerships with local, state and Federal law enforcement agencies; state and local health and human service agencies; and stakeholder groups to guide and implement evidence-based programs.
Botticelli has served in a variety of leadership roles for the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors. He was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He has also co-authored many peer-reviewed articles that have significantly contributed to the field.
Born in Upstate New York, Botticelli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Siena College and a Master of Education degree from St. Lawrence University. He is also in long-term recovery from a substance use disorder, celebrating more than 28 years of recovery.
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