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Opioid Misuse: Moving Our Country from Crisis to Recovery

National Rx Drug Abuse SummitMarch 29, 2016

Michael Botticelli, DirectorOffice of National Drug Control Policy

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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2014 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2015. Data for 2000 to 2014 were extracted by ONDCP on December 29, 2015.

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Ohio – Christa’s Brother

Oklahoma – Kelly’s Brother

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Obama Administration Actions

• Annual National Drug Control Strategy

• 2011 Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan

• FY 2016 Budget Law

• $400 million in new funding to address the opioid overdose epidemic

• Revised federal ban on funding for syringe service programs

• FY 2017 Budget Request

• $1.1 billion in new funding

Gap in Treatment for Illicit Drug Use Disorders

Illicit Drug Use Disorder Source: SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2013 and 2014. Table 5.44A Need for and Receipt of Treatment at a Specialty Facility for an Illicit Drug Problem in the Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: Numbers in Thousands and Percentages, 2013 and 2014. Available at http://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-DetTabs2014/NSDUH-DetTabs2014.pdf

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Total: 7.9 million Americans 12 and older are in need of treatment

Stories Matter.

“When it comes to treatment and recovery, those things are possible

if we work together.”

— President Barack Obama

West Virginia, October 21, 2015

Source: Remarks by the President at Community Forum, East End Family Resource CenterWhite House Office of the Press Secretary. October 21, 2015. Available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-

office/2015/10/21/remarks-president-community-forum-east-end-family-resource-center

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