Combating the Opioid Crisis

Excerpt: “Thus, this additional context and customary data standardization should be taken into account in assessing the potential role the 2001 label change had on the opioid epidemic. Studies, documents, and other data support these concerns related to higher dosage and longer duration in oxycodone prescribing (including OxyContin prescribing) that contributed to the opioid crisis,” wrote Walden, Guthrie and Griffith.

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Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed 16 bipartisan health bills from the Energy and Commerce Committee. Last week, the House passed ten bipartisan bills from the Health Subcommittee.

“As the pandemic continues to worsen Americans’ mental health, we’re glad to advance more mental health and suicide prevention legislation. We are particularly proud to address mental health for school children as this pandemic has changed their schooling...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Energy and Commerce Committee have continued working alongside the Trump administration to address the opioid and addiction crisis in our country. Just last week, the committee, which has been advancing policy and developing recommendations to help with COVID-19 response efforts, took further action to combat the opioid epidemic. On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that millions of dollars are on the way to aid with the opioid and overdoes crisis in rural communities. Further, to...