Beloved Rob Kent leaves ONDCP for private consulting

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Rob Kent, formerly general counsel of New York's Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), and since 2021 general counsel of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has left the federal office as of April 14 for private practice, ADAW has learned. We talked to him in Atlanta last week, and as always, he was confident and articulate about the way to move forward. “I want to focus on providers,” he said. Since going to ONDCP, he has regularly heard from addiction treatment providers across the country about how to handle various issues. He's a lawyer and knows the field from a legal perspective better than anyone.