Roneet Lev, MD is board certified in emergency and addiction medicine and practices on the front lines. She was the first Chief Medical Officer of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2018-2020, after being chief of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. In her role as Chief Medical Officer for the Center of Community Research, she chairs the San Diego Community Response to Drug Overdose (CReDO) Task Force bringing together the 3 Ps: Public health, Public safety and Prevention leaders. In 2012, she established and chaired the San Diego Prescription Drug Abuse Medical Task Force, the first of its kind in California. Lev’s medical publications known as the “Death Diaries” studied the details of prescription patterns of people who died from accidental medication overdoses. Lev is an energetic leader with a passion to assist communities in preventing and treating addiction. Lev hosts the podcast, High Truths on Drugs and Addiction.