'If lawmakers are serious about fighting fentanyl, not the people that use fentanyl, then they should address the upstream factors that often lead to substance use -- untreated mental illness, housing instability, and unemployment,' Joshua Barocas writes.
, Republican House Minority Leader Mike Lynch said of the overdose crisis: “I lose sleep at night that my kids are gonna accidentally take the wrong thing or take anything. And so I’ll continue on the fentanyl fight.”
My concern is based on how their so-called “fight” has manifested in the past. Last year, Lynch initially co-sponsoredWhile the bill also added some funding for harm reduction and provided an unfunded mandate for jails to require medications for opioid use disorder, the primary focus was on increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl possession.
If lawmakers are actually concerned about fighting the drug, then they should pass legislation to expand access and availability of medications for opioid use disorders. Buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone are the three medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat opioid use disorder and have been studied for more than 50 years.
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