Sign the petition re: A real solution for the heroin, fentanyl, oxycontin, and opioid epidemic

Will you sign and share my petition demanding that the Trump administration declare a national health emergency for the opioid crisis that includes significant new, long-term funds for both prevention and treatment?

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

The opioid epidemic is hurting real people: Every 10 minutes, a mother, a child, a friend, a neighbor—or fellow American—dies from a drug overdose.¹

Tomorrow, Donald Trump is finally expected to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency—more than two months after he first committed to doing so, and potentially more than 10,000 overdoses later.²

But without significant new funds for a long-term, comprehensive strategy for both prevention and treatment, the declaration alone is not likely to be successful.³ 

Join with me by signing and sharing this petition demanding that the Trump administration follow up on his promise to declare a national health emergency for the opioid crisis with significant new, long-term funds for both prevention and treatment. Click here to sign.

The opioid crisis must be declared a national health emergency with significant new funds for a long-term, comprehensive strategy for both prevention and treatment so that communities can mobilize resources to fight this epidemic over the long haul.

Without new funding for a comprehensive strategy tackling prevention and treatment, a declaration of a national emergency will not be effective.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Matt Hildreth

Sources:

1. "Trump keeps kicking opioid crisis down the road," USA Today, October 17, 2017. 
https://act.moveon.org/go/19293?t=17&akid=192164%2E10220574%2EUu7bMH

2. "Trump readies opioid plan, but some worry it won't be enough," ABC News, October 25, 2017
http://act.moveon.org/go/19824?t=19&akid=192164%2E10220574%2EUu7bMH

3. Ibid.

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