Sometimes things work out...

As part of my research this semester, I have several news alerts that notify me when certain keywords are mentioned in an article (for example, various combinations of "heroin", "crisis", "Massachusetts", etc)... And thanks to such a notification earlier in the week, today I ended up at the Massachusetts Medical Society at a forum on the opiate crisis, where the keynote speaker was Michael Botticelli, Director of National Drug Control Policy (basically the head drug policy maker in the United States... the position was formerly known as the "Drug Czar"). I was luckily enough to get some time with Mr. Botticelli to make a portrait for my project. In addition to being involved with policy, Mr. Botticelli is an alcoholic in recovery.