Warren Helps Drive New Funding for Opioid Epidemic, Medical Research Government Spending

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Tuesday, May 02, 2017

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Senator Elizabeth Warren strongly supports the inclusion of $100 million in new funding in order to address the opioid epidemic and $2 billion in new funding for the National Institutes of Health as part of the bipartisan deal to fund the federal government. 

"Sometimes the aggressive negotiations over the budget yield something good, and today's agreement to put additional money into substance use disorder treatment and into medical research is one of those times. Congress needs to do more on both fronts, but this is an important step toward providing relief to families struggling with the opioid epidemic and a boost to the researchers working on make lives better for each of us,” said Warren. 

The funding comes after Senator Warren led a large group of senators calling for new opioid and research funding to be included in the spending bill. 

New Funding 

The bill announced on Monday includes $34.1 billion in total National Institutes of Health funding for the remainder of the 2017 fiscal year, representing a $2 billion increase over the previous year. 

The bill also includes new opioid crisis funding to address a number of needs, including helping states and local communities, providing services to prevent and treat substance use disorder in underserved areas, disseminating opioid prescribing guidelines and increasing surveillance of opioid overdoses. 

Last week, during discussions about the bill to fund the federal government through September, Senator Warren led a coalition of 19 senators urging Senate and House leadership to focus on funding for the opioid crisis and medical research.

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