How much will this be whittled down by the republicans? It is a political show program or a typical democrat penny ante program not properly funded.
The response of Obama on this is where I think he is evil?
Obama Seeks More Than $1 Billionto Fight Opioid Abuse
By GARDINER HARRIS FEB. 2, 2016
Obama Seeks More Than $1 Billion to Fight Opioid Abuse
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it would ask Congress to spend an additional $1.1 billion next year to combat a growing epidemic of prescription painkiller and heroin abuse.
Almost half of the new money would be used to expand treatment facilities, which are in short supply in much of the nation.
“Opioid abuse and overdoses have hurt families from across this nation,” Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the secretary of health and human services, said in a news conference. “My home state of West Virginia has felt the cost almost more than any other.”
The other half of the money would go to programs intended to prevent prescription drug overdoses, crack down on illegal sales, and improve access to naloxone, a drug that can rescue those who have overdosed.
cted the administration’s growing concerns about one of the few public health epidemics to substantially worsen during President Obama’s tenure. Opioids, which include prescription painkillers and heroin, were involved in 28,648 deaths in the United States in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The drugs were a bigger killer than motor vehicle crashes.
The administration’s efforts to combat the toll have been modest and largely ineffective. The epidemic has leveled off somewhat, but it shows no signs of abating, leading addiction experts to complain about Mr. Obama’s response.
In Tuesday’s news conference, Michael P. Botticelli, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, defended the administration’s actions….
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