About the Author
Michael C. Barnes and Shruti R. Kulkarni
Michael C. Barnes is chairman of the not-for-profit Center for U.S. Policy. He served as confidential counsel in the White House drug policy office under President George W. Bush. Shruti R. Kulkarni is secretary of the board of directors of the not-for-profit Female Opioid Researchers and Clinical Experts. They wrote this for InsideSources.com.