Published on October 31, 2017, The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis include recommendations for:
- Federal Funding and Programs
- Opioid Addiction Prevention
- Opioid Addiction Treatment, Overdose Reversal, and Recovery
- Research and Development
As outlined in the October 31 report, the primary goal of the President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis is to develop an effective set of recommendations for the President to combat the opioid crisis and drug addiction in our nation. Many of the recommendations that follow will require appropriations from Congress into the Public Health Emergency Fund, for block grants to states and to DOJ for enforcement and judicial improvements. It is not the Commission’s charge to quantify the amount of these resources, so we do not do so in this report.
The Commission urges Congress to respond to the President’s declaration of a Public Health Emergency and fulfill their constitutionally delegated duty and appropriate sufficient funds to implement the Commission’s recommendations. 175 Americans are dying every day. Congress must act. Notwithstanding this core mission, it is vital to address the influences that transformed the United States into the world leader of opioid prescribing, opioid addiction, and opioid overdose deaths.
The full report can be read on the White House website here.