opioid abuse Archives - National Association of Regional Councils https://narc.org/tag/opioid-abuse/ The Voice of Regions Fri, 29 May 2020 20:33:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/narc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-Logo-15.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 opioid abuse Archives - National Association of Regional Councils https://narc.org/tag/opioid-abuse/ 32 32 58711745 The Opioid Crisis Was Declared a National Emergency: Here’s How Local Governments Can Help https://narc.org/2017/08/24/opioid-crisis/ https://narc.org/2017/08/24/opioid-crisis/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:48:03 +0000 https://regionslead.org/?p=572 The Opioid Crisis Was Declared a National Emergency: Here’s How Local Governments Can Help

Two weeks ago, the Trump Administration issued a statement that directed the executive branch to “use all appropriate emergency and other authorities to respond to the crisis caused by the opioid epidemic.” This declaration couldn’t have come any sooner. The National Center for Health Statistics reported that in the third quarter of 2016, overdose deaths reached a record-breaking 19.9 people per 100,000. If this trend continues, our localities will need all the help the federal government can offer to battle this growing epidemic.

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