Hope in the middle of the opioid crisis? Flashes of progress from Trump declared of national emergency
Hope in the middle of the opioid crisis? Flashes of progress from Trump declared of national emergency
Almost a year after President Trump declared that the opioid crisis was a national emergency, the scourge remains one of the greatest killers in the United States.
But after Trump pledged to unleash the full weight of government to "liberate" Americans from this addiction, flashes of hope begin to emerge.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reports that in 2017, approximately 11.4 million people misused opioids, compared to 12.7 million people in 2016. And 81,100 people abused opioids for the first time in 2017, compared to 170,000 new users in 2016.
In an encouraging turn, 56 percent of people sought treatment for their addiction in 2017, compared with 37 percent in 2016.
Psychiatrist Sally Satel, with the American Enterprise Institute, predicted that most of the trend lines of opioid addiction "will continue to fall as they decrease" this year.
But she said that the progress that is being made is happening at the local level. While Trump's declaration redirected federal money and eliminated bureaucracy for state and local officials, including the requirement that each department of the Cabinet claim a role in addressing this epidemic, many health experts believe that the statement will have a limited effect without new important sources of financing.
Some of the trends also continue to move in the wrong direction.
In 2017, a record 72,000 people died from drug overdoses in general, 10 percent more than the previous year. To put that in perspective, the National Safety Council estimates that 40,000 people died in auto accidents in 2017, and approximately 15,549 died in violent acts with firearms, according to the Firearms Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization . Overdose deaths overwhelm both categories combined.
In addition, fentanyl overdoses accounted for almost 30,000 of the 72,000 deaths in general.
It is a sobering reality that many Americans are still losing the battle against opioid addiction, while the federal government is finding a way to avoid this epidemic.
But in the midst of the feverish mid-term campaign season, the daily clashes in Washington over the Russian investigation and, most recently, the confirmation battle of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court, Congress has moved to address the problem .
In a show of rare bipartisan support in the midst of the Kavanaugh controversy, the Senate passed a bill on opioid abuse, 98-1, on Oct. 5 to deal with the crisis. The House voted 398-8 in the last week of September.
Trump is expected to sign the legislation, which would effectively coincide with the October 26 anniversary of declaring the opioid crisis a national public health emergency.
In general, the bill provides rescuers with access to more naloxone to reverse overdoses.
Requires that the US Postal Office UU Have electronic data in foreign packages so that customs agents can track illegal shipments of fentanyl from China and Mexico. Fentanyl, a more potent synthetic opioid, is the leading cause of death from overdose.
The treatment would be expanded for Medicare beneficiaries. A grant would be granted to organizations to create opioid recovery centers in the communities. The Department of Health and Human Services will be tasked with finding the best procedures and policies for these programs. In addition, the FDA should limit the doses of prescribed opioids to only three to seven days.
As local municipalities grapple with ways to undo the damage that opioids have caused in their communities, they continue to need more money.
In March, Congress appropriated $ 4.7 billion for the opiate epidemic, funding that should reach addiction treatment facilities.
Satel said that these facilities help with "counseling, housing and work support," which in turn helps people to "create a life for which it is worthwhile to stay sober."
Meanwhile, the White House recently held a "Best Practice Practice to Combat the Opiate Epidemic," led by counselor Kellyanne Conway. The administration met with state and local leaders from across the country to discuss strategies in the fight against opioid addiction in their "commitment to help increase prevention, interdiction and access to treatment."
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