The Obama Administration is announcing a “week of action” to raise awareness about the rising public health crisis caused by drug overdoses.  As part of this effort, the Department of Justice designated the week of Sept.18-23, 2016, as National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week.  Senior Department of Justice officials, members of the President’s Cabinet and other federal agencies will hold events focused on the work being done to address the national prescription opioid and heroin epidemic. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch will travel to Richmond, Kentucky on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016, to hold a youth town hall at Madison Central High School at 9:00 a.m. She will meet with parents who have lost their children due to overdoses and now belong to the Heroin Education Action Team (H.E.A.T.); Lynch will also deliver a policy speech regarding the actions and resources the Justice Department is bringing to this issue at the University of Kentucky.