Sentences with phrase «prevent opioid abuse»

The draft bill, which is dated May 27, comes weeks after Cuomo convened a task force to examine how to prevent opioid abuse and how to address opioid and heroin addiction.

Not exact matches

Last week, the Governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement on multiple bills that include new programs and insurance reforms to improve treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction; measures to strengthen penalties and put in place additional tools for law enforcement to crack down on the distribution of illegal drugs; provisions to ensure the proper and safe use of naloxone, an overdose antidote; and support for enhanced public awareness campaigns to prevent drug abuse.

«The Senate continues to be at the forefront of efforts to battle the state's heroin crisis and was instrumental in securing $ 214 million in this year's budget for measures to prevent and treat heroin and opioid abuse,» said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

McDonald, who serves on the Assembly's Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, said that in discussions with staff there was an interest in preventing the tax from hitting pharmacies or hospice facilities, while also protecting those in recovery who are rely on opioid - based drugs like Suboxone or methadone.

The HOPE intervention, she says, has «potential for informing how social media and new technologies can be leveraged to deliver low - cost, novel interventions to prevent prescription opioid abuse and overdose.»

These findings, which appear in Substance Abuse, come amid an opioid addiction epidemic and could offer a roadmap for how best to equip communities to prevent deaths from drug overdoses.

Their study, published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, found that this new vaccine was not only effective in preventing heroin from reaching the brain but worked with other commonly abused opioids as well, including hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and codeine.