…the nation’s health. States and communities rely on the hundreds of millions of dollars they receive annually to work on the critical health issues—including the opioid epidemic, lead poisoning, obesity,…
…health is a key component to physical health, the workforce in this area is inadequate—and we’ve known this for a while, especially as the opioid epidemic has continued. By increasing…
…the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Chronic Pain, acquiring the management of the Drug Free Communities program encompassing 700 local coalitions, expanding the National Violent Death Reporting System from 18…
…2244/H.R. 4131, the Improving Access to Remote Behavioral Health Treatment Act, to clarify the eligibility of community mental health and addiction treatment centers to prescribe controlled substances for opioid use…
…analysis of synthetic opioids, alcohol, total drug, and suicide deaths. Deaths from synthetic opioids surpassed, for the first time, the numbers of deaths related to heroin and common prescription opioids…
…from COVID-19 due to the prevalence of chronic disease within the community. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Tribal Opioid Response grant program supports tribal organization’s efforts to…
…– including promotion of responsible opioid prescribing practices, enforcement of underage drinking laws, and anti-bullying and social-emotional learning programs in schools, among others. The website also provides state level data…
Division of Adolescent and School Health (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (CDC) Hospital Preparedness Program (ASPR) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (CDC) Opioid Abuse and Overdose…
…the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. In these roles, Brandon investigated drivers of the opioid epidemic, rising prescription drug costs, emergency room expenses, child exploitation, and federal waste, fraud,…
…enrolled in Medicaid. Some of the community’s youngest were hardest hit: the area had the state’s highest rates of youth physical and sexual abuse, teen pregnancies, drinking and drug use….
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