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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000CC"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/05/12/why-we-need-more-resources-prescription-opioid-and-heroin-epidemic">https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/05/12/why-we-need-more-resources-prescription-opioid-and-heroin-epidemic</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="https://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=4f1a90c6f971e4c599a2b6389b20f3020b038c6ccd6c05338e48e7c72a8dee789596c6826c57e85c"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Why
We Need More Resources for the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">May 12, 2016
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#767171">Summary: President has called on Congress to pass $1.1 billion in new funding to make sure that every American with an opioid
use disorder who wants treatment can get it. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">Today, the House of Representatives voted on legislation highlighting the national prescription opioid
and heroin epidemic. While the Obama administration welcomes these and other Congressional efforts to call attention to this public health crisis, they are not enough without the actual funding needed to prevent opioid use disorders and increase access to
treatment and recovery services.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">I have spoken with hundreds of parents and family members across the country who have lost loved ones to
overdose. Too many of them shared similar stories about long waits for treatment or a lack of good treatment options in their communities.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">That's why the President has called on Congress to pass the $1.1 billion in new funding in his Budget
to make sure that every American with an opioid use disorder who wants treatment can get the help they need.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">The President's Budget would also support the placement of treatment providers in the communities most
in need and would continue to develop effective treatment programs. This builds on current Administration efforts to expand evidence-based prevention strategies, increase access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, improve prescribing practices for pain
medication, and support targeted enforcement activities.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">Every day we lose more Americans to this devastating disease. And every day that passes without Congressional
action on funding to support the treatment needs of those suffering from opioid use disorders is a missed opportunity to save lives.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt">But it doesn't have to be that way. The stories of loss are not the only ones I hear in my travels across
the country. Millions of Americans are in recovery from opioid and other substance use disorders because they got the treatment and care they needed. That's why we continue to call on Congress to provide the resources to ensure that every American who wants
treatment can get it and start the road to recovery. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#000099">Deborah L. DeBiasi<br>
<b>Email: <a href="mailto:Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov"><span style="color:#000099">Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></a><i><br>
</i></b>WEB site address: <a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/"><span style="color:#000099">www.deq.virginia.gov</span></a><br>
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality<br>
Office of Water Permits <br>
Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program<br>
PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#000099"><a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx"><span style="color:#000099">http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#000099">Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218<br>
Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219<br>
PH: 804-698-4028 FAX: 804-698-4032</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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