Yes, I did that. I'm not a politician. I'm a policy adviser. Since the science stays the science, anyone who wants to adapt it to.... You can work with a broad range of people, and that's what I've tried to do.
What I saw in both of those administrations was that the commitment to treating addiction as a health problem was profound and important for both of those presidents. Although they differed in many ways, obviously, they both believed the health care system is something we can handle addiction through. Yes, we need law enforcement when someone does something violent because of their addiction, but, for the most part, we want people to be able to talk to their doctors about their addiction as they would talk to them about cancer or a heart problem. They both moved our system that way.
Canada, by the way, does better than the U.S. It gives health insurance to everyone, and I think that's great. We've made some progress towards this. We like to copy you.
I think the concept of trying to manage addiction as much as possible in health care.... You don't need public safety, unless a person does something that threatens another human being.