Attorney General Bondi’s Weekly Briefing Nov 4

This week, as a member of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, I voted for a comprehensive plan to better combat drug abuse in our country and save lives. Our commission unanimously approved its final report that includes 65 strategic recommendations.

I have been honored to serve on the commission and I want to thank President Donald J. Trump for his leadership on this critical public safety issue—quickly creating this commission and declaring a national public health emergency to help address the opioid crisis.

The opioid crisis is the nation’s most lethal public health epidemic in our history—175 deaths a day. Addiction is a disease, and the report acknowledges this reality. We must dramatically expand drug treatment, change pain management practices to include non-opioid pain management treatments, do a better job of interdicting the supply of heroin and fentanyl into our country and implement a national prevention campaign, among other things. Our report lays the groundwork for such a comprehensive response by our nation to the opioid and drug abuse epidemic.

Our report provides a road map for all stakeholders involved that can be used to fight this epidemic and, as a commission, we hope for swift implementation of these recommendations. Working together, we can save lives and heal families.