[Pharmwaste] Congress considering an intigrated stratagy to address opioid crisis.

[Ed Gottlieb]

The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering "the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which would invest approximately $70 million a year to enhance opioid abuse prevention and education nationwide, expand the availability of Narcan and fund treatment programs for incarcerated addicts.
The bill also expands drug take-back programs, strengthens prescription drug monitoring and launches a prescription opioid and heroin treatment program.
Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a CARA co-sponsor, took advantage of the hearing to voice support for Ayotte’s legislation, and to promote two bills of her own — an Opioid and Heroin Crisis Supplemental Appropriation of $600 million, and a separate grant program to reduce the backlog of heroin and Fentanyl cases at state police crime labs across the country."

http://www.unionleader.com/NH-senators-Manchester-chief-testify-on-drug-crisis-heavy-toll

Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
525 3rd Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
(607) 273-8381
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