This is a big deal to me. i am a recovering addict. i have 13 years clean. i am grateful that Sen. Shaheen is introducing this bill and rightly fighting this as a health problem rather than as law and order problem. Here is a link to the article in the huffington post. www.huffingtonpost.com/… from the article
The Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, being introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), would spread money to various government agencies tasked with research, intervention and recovery. It is the most robust legislative response yet to what Shaheen and others deem a “national public health emergency.”
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“The opioid crisis is spiraling out of control,” Shaheen said in a statement. “This should be an all-hands-on-deck moment, not just for New Hampshire, but for our country. We are losing lives daily and our first responders, healthcare providers and criminal justice system are overwhelmed. To stem the tide, we urgently need additional funding for prevention, treatment and recovery efforts, and this legislation would provide resources to those on the frontlines.”
One of the turning points for me in leaning towards Hillary as a candidate was when she talked about hearing about the Heroin epidemic from her listening tour. here is a link to thinkprogress.org/… and her Op Ad in New Hampshire Union Leader www.unionleader.com/…
This is not new. We’re not just now “discovering” this problem. But we should be saying enough is enough. It’s time we recognize as a nation that for too long, we have had a quiet epidemic on our hands. Plain and simple, drug and alcohol addiction is a disease, not a moral failing — and we must treat it as such.- Hillary Clinton - See more at: www.unionleader.com/...