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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

拜登宣布15亿美元用于抗击美国药物过量疫情,支持复苏
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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  • 白宫宣布提供15亿美元的资金,用于解决阿片类药物过量问题,制裁贩运者,并增加执法资金。
  • 白宫表示,这笔资金旨在帮助各州、部落地区和地区应对 “毁灭性” 的药物过量流行以及 “支持个人康复”。
  • 这些资金将用于治疗药物使用障碍,消除使用纳洛酮等关键工具的障碍,纳洛酮是一种可以逆转阿片类药物过量的药物。
  • 这些补助金还将用于资助康复支持服务、同行支持专家、急诊室的药物过量教育工作以及兴奋剂使用和滥用障碍(包括可卡因和甲基苯丙胺)的护理。
  • 相关: CVS Health、沃尔玛和解西弗吉尼亚州阿片类药物诉讼,沃尔格林将于明年接受审判
  • 白宫表示,它还将帮助各州扩大获得康复支持服务和药物滥用障碍治疗的机会。
  • 白宫还宣布为 “在药物过量疫情第一线” 工作的执法机构提供额外资金,并计划让财政部对全球贩毒行动使用制裁。
  • 白宫表示,拨给执法机构的1200万美元是4月份宣布的2.75亿美元资金的补充,将帮助官员防止药物过量,打击贩运行动和打击与毒品有关的暴力犯罪。
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