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Biden Announces $1.5B To Combat US Overdose Epidemic, Support Recovery

Biden Announces $1.5B To Combat US Overdose Epidemic, Support Recovery

拜登宣佈 1.5 億美元，以對抗美國過量疫情，支持復甦
Benzinga Real-time News ·  2022/09/24 00:36
  • The White House announced $1.5 billion in funding to tackle opioid overdoses, sanctions against traffickers, and increased funding for law enforcement.
  • The White House said the funding is designed to help states, tribal lands, and territories tackle the "devastating" overdose epidemic and to "support individuals in recovery."
  • The funds would be used to treat substance-use disorders and remove barriers to key tools like naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses.
  • The grants would also be funding recovery support services, peer support specialists, overdose education efforts in emergency departments, and care for stimulant use and misuse disorders, including cocaine and methamphetamine.
  • Related: CVS Health, Walmart Settle West Virginia Opioid Lawsuit, Walgreens To Face Trial Next Year.
  • It will also help states expand access to recovery support services and treatment for substance use disorder, the White House said.
  • The White House also announced additional funding for law enforcement agencies working "on the front lines of the overdose epidemic" and plans for the Treasury to use sanctions against global drug trafficking operations.
  • The $12 million allocated to law enforcement agencies, which adds to $275 million of funding announced in April, will help officials prevent overdoses, take down trafficking operations and tackle violent crime associated with drugs, the White House said.
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  • 白宮宣布了 15 億美元的資金，用於解決阿片類藥物過量，對販運者的制裁以及增加執法的資金。
  • 白宮表示，這筆資金旨在幫助州，部落土地和領土應對「毀滅性」過量流行病，並「支持復甦中的個人」。
  • 這些資金將用於治療物質使用障礙，並消除諸如納洛酮（Naloxone）等關鍵工具的障礙，這是一種可以逆轉阿片類藥物過量的藥物。
  • 補助金還包括資助恢復支持服務，同伴支持專家，急診部門的過量教育工作，以及對興奮劑使用和濫用障礙（包括可卡因和甲基苯丙胺）的照顧。
  • 相關： CVS Health，沃爾瑪解決西弗吉尼亞州阿片類藥物訴訟，沃爾格林明年將面臨審判。
  • 白宮說，它還將幫助各州擴大獲得恢復支持服務和治療物質使用障礙的機會。
  • 白宮還宣布為「在過量流行病的前線」工作的執法機構提供額外的資金，並計劃財政部對全球販毒行動採取制裁。
  • 白宮說，分配給執法機構的 12 萬美元，增加了 4 月份宣布的 2.75 億美元資金，將幫助官員防止過量服用，取消販運行動並解決與毒品有關的暴力犯罪。
  • 通過維基共享資源照

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