In 1989, the first Recovery Month was recognized – then called Treatment Works! Month. In 1989, 5,035 people in the United States lost their lives to unintentional drug overdose. Nearly 30 years ago, it become evident that people needed to be informed about the tools available to help them reclaim their lives from the grips of addiction. And now, in 2017, it has never been more apparent just how far we still have to go: overdoses claimed the lives of 72,306 Americans last year. National Recovery...
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During the August district work period, I had the opportunity to spend significant time meeting with constituents, hosting roundtables to discuss issues facing our community, and visiting several new facilities which are opening and creating jobs in Ohio’s 15th District. I always appreciate this time to learn more about what matters to the constituents of this district, and learn how I can help as your representative in Congress.
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On a hill in the woods near Nelsonville is the site of the former Hocking Correctional Facility that closed earlier this year. The future of the site has been discussed many times in detail.
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Six years ago, I started hosting an annual opioid roundtable, where I bring together treatment experts, healthcare providers, law enforcement, and area representatives to have a 360 degree view of the problem, and discuss how we can all work together to curb the opioid epidemic in our communities. This isn’t just a roundtable full of talk, and no action. Every year, I come away with new ideas that I take back to Washington and work to find a solution.
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A growing number of counties across Ohio have formed overdose-response teams to work with survivors of drug overdoses and their families to get them into addiction treatment and other help as soon as possible.
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U.S. Representative Steve Stivers met with members of law enforcement, health care professionals and addiction services from several area counties including Pickaway County for an Opiate and Addiction Roundtable, held in Lancaster, to discuss what’s happening in the local communities.
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Every day, we see new headlines in community papers across the country about the drug abuse crisis. They are stories of derailed careers, broken friendships, separated families, and lost lives due to the opioid epidemic.
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Today, bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), H.R. 5272, was included in final passage of H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act. This bipartisan legislation unanimously passed the House last week as a stand-alone bill. H.R. 5272 will require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to issue guidance to grantees seeking to treat mental health and substance use disorders in order to promote the funding and use of evidence-based practices.
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It’s full-throttle focus on the opioid epidemic on Capitol Hill this week, with the House and a key Senate panel voting on a wide range of legislative proposals aimed at stemming a crisis blamed for the deaths of more than 42,000 in 2016 alone.
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