Senate Passes Opioid Addiction Treatment Measure March 30, 2016 News CARA, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act , drug abuse, opioid 0 Last month, the U.S. Senate voted 94-1 to fund opioid addiction treatment for prisoners, to increase opioid abuse prevention efforts and to expand the availability of the anti-overdose drug naloxone (Narcan). The bill, known as the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), would increase opioid abuse and prevention education efforts, expand the availability of Narcan to law enforcement, identify and treat incarcerated individuals, expand drug take-back efforts, strengthen prescription monitoring drug programs, and create prescription opioid and heroin treatment intervention programs. The U.S. House of Representatives is also considering similar legislation. The House version of the legislation, which was introduced in February 2015, currently has 92 cosponsors (75 Democrats and 32 Republicans). The House bill is still in committee, and none of the three committees to which it has been assigned has voted on it yet. Comments are closed.
