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Lujan Grisham Proposes Bill to Require Opioid Producers to Pay for Treatment, Prevention, Research

Statement

Date: Dec. 20, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care Drugs

Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham introduced legislation today to create a permanent source of funding for opioid treatment, prevention and research.

The Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act would require opioid producers and manufacturers to pay 1-cent for every milligram of opioids they produce. The tax would generate about $2 billion in revenue a year to expand access to substance abuse treatment and prevention programs, as well as fund new research on combating the opioid epidemic.

"The opioid epidemic has killed too many people, ripped too many families apart, and destroyed too many communities," Rep. Lujan Grisham said. "Our law enforcement agencies and health care providers are already overburdened and stretched to their limits. People are dying because they do not have the help they need. My bill will help fund the programs necessary to fight this epidemic."


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