Congress deal provides $3.6 billion for drug prevention
Donovan says feds will give grants for opioid treatment
When Congress reached a funding agreement to avoid a government shutdown, the fact that the deal included funding for Planned Parenthood and did not contain monies for President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border generated most of the headlines. But buried within the agreement was a bit of good news for Americans on the front lines of the battle against the opioid epidemic, according to U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan.
It didn’t garner much publicity, but the funding agreement doubles down on the federal government’s fight against opioid addiction, said Donovan (R-C-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island).
The budget provides at $3.6 billion for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which is $150 million more than last year’s allocation.