The act has been deemed “the single largest legislative
package addressing a single drug crisis in history.” SUPPORT is the short
name for “Substance Use–Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and
Treatment.” Trump’s administration is partnered with the National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP), Truth Initiative and Ad Council to focus the education
toward youth and young adults.
In preventing opioid addiction, the act induces research
aimed at “efforts for innovative therapies to prevent addiction, to offer
non-addictive pain management alternatives, and to improve overdose prevention
tools.” Among other actions to eliminate drug trafficking, the act will help to
protect the borders, ports of entry, and waterways and “require more advanced
data to flag high-risk international mail
shipments.” Other provisions address establishing measures to
curtail shipments of synthetic opioids like fentanyl, funding research into
non-addictive painkillers, and requirements for the Food and Drug Administration
to allot smaller amounts of prescription opioid pills.
The Senate voted 99-1 to pass the bill last month
with Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) giving the only vote against the
legislation.
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