President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed bipartisan legislation to combat opioid abuse and highlighted the progress made so far in the fight.
“Together, we will defeat this epidemic—it’s a true epidemic—as one people, one family, and one magnificent nation under God,” he said.
Trump secured $6 billion in federal funding to fight the problem—the most ever, he said.
Trump signed the bipartisan SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which passed the Senate this month on a vote of 98-1. The package of opioid-related measures expands access to substance-abuse care and improves oversight of opioid prescriptions.
SUPPORT is an acronym for Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment.
Among other things, the bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to share advanced electronic data with law enforcement on 100 percent of international packages entering the country to catch deadly fentanyl entering the country from China and Mexico. It also provides services for those recovering from addiction to transition from treatment programs to the workforce.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/24/at-bill-signing-trump-vows-to-make-extremely-big-dent-in-opioid-crisis/
“Together, we will defeat this epidemic—it’s a true epidemic—as one people, one family, and one magnificent nation under God,” he said.
Trump secured $6 billion in federal funding to fight the problem—the most ever, he said.
Trump signed the bipartisan SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which passed the Senate this month on a vote of 98-1. The package of opioid-related measures expands access to substance-abuse care and improves oversight of opioid prescriptions.
SUPPORT is an acronym for Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment.
Among other things, the bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to share advanced electronic data with law enforcement on 100 percent of international packages entering the country to catch deadly fentanyl entering the country from China and Mexico. It also provides services for those recovering from addiction to transition from treatment programs to the workforce.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/24/at-bill-signing-trump-vows-to-make-extremely-big-dent-in-opioid-crisis/