BPC RELEASES STUDY OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO FIGHT OPIOID EPIDEMIC

摘要

Over 70,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose in 2017, with almost 50,000 of those deaths involving an opioid. While considerable attention has been paid to the underlying drivers of the epidemic, there has been less focus on federal funding allocated to address the crisis. A new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) includes the first comprehensive and transparent study of how the federal government is financially supporting states and localities to curb this national crisis. It calls for federal funding to be more flexible, sustainable, coordinated, and transparent.