AS CONNECTICUT HITS RECORD OVERDOSE FATALITIES, BLUMENTHAL FIGHTS FOR CRITICAL FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMBAT THE OPIOID CRISIS
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The full text of Blumenthal's letter to Cochran and Leahy is available for download at: https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/download/letter-to-senate-appropriators-re-opioid-funding, and copied below.
I write to request that you move expeditiously to allocate funding for critical substance use disorder treatment and prevention services as authorized through the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Sadly, this sweeping public health tsunami has shown no sign of abating in
Such funding should focus on evidence-based programs that support proven mental health services, prevention, and treatment, while also ensuring that first responders are adequately equipped with life-saving naloxone and trained in core harm reduction principles. In light of this dramatically escalating and dire trend of death and addiction, I urge the Appropriations Committee to move expeditiously so federal agencies can quickly disperse robust, much-needed supports and services to communities throughout
I have been deeply inspired by the exceedingly resilient women and men who battle the impacts of opioid addiction every day. I have met with the experienced, devoted individuals and groups throughout the state, including substance use disorder specialists, law enforcement agents, elected officials, families, people struggling with addiction, and many more. All of which have described in great detail their innovative, life-saving work to slow the deluge of addiction sweeping the state, despite severely limited resources. The
I ask that appropriators build on this progress by committing to address addiction as a matter of public health. It is through this lens that those struggling with addiction - mothers, fathers, daughters, brothers, and our veterans - will have access to the high-quality, culturally competent services they so desperately need on the road to recovery. Indeed,
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