In early September, the Senate passed a piece of legislation regarding this issue. In a vote of 99-1, the Senate agreed to a package of bills that helps to fight the opioid issue. This piece of legislation will help to stop illegal drugs from crossing our borders, and it will put mandates on federal agencies.. Such a package of bills will cost the government eight billion dollars.
President Donald Trump recently called the illegal importation of drugs "almost a form of warfare." In October of last year, the White House declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. It has reached just about all parts of the country. Now almost a year later, our lawmakers are taking action.
I believe that the government should do more to combat such an issue. There should be more restrictions placed on prescriptions for opioids. What steps should lawmakers take? Should it be up to the state government to fix these issues or the federal government? Are we doing enough as a nation to fight this crisis?
Our nation is not combating the opioid crisis enough. As it was stated in the blog 42,000 people in the U.S. alone died because of opioid overdose. That is more than the deaths by guns every year. The government needs to crack down on opioids more and soon or more will die for no reason.
ReplyDeleteLawmakers should first stop opioids from becoming available to people who want to abuse them as best as they can. I agree that they should implement more strict policies on prescriptions; I also think stopping illegal opioids from ever entering the United States is a good idea. Help for drug addicts should be readily available for those struggling. I think both the state and federal government should help end the crisis. The federal government especially should try to help as this is a nationwide matter. No, we as a nation are not doing enough. Our media and culture glamorizes and promotes drug use.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Logan and Bethany. I believe that lawmakers should intact a stronger law that makes it a larger crime than it already is. I believe the federal government should take control of it first and then the states could take the federal government application and apply it to the states. I believe we are trying our hardest to help fight this crisis, but the people who take these drugs are not taking it serious.
ReplyDeleteIt should be up to the federal government to solve these issues since it affects the nation as a whole. There isn't a reason for each state to try and decide what it wants to do about the issue. It would take the states decades to all decide on what course of action they wanted to take in order to combat the crisis. Swift and definite action needs to be taken by the federal government.
ReplyDeleteThis has been a huge problem in the United States today and it continuing to get worse. It is up to lawmakers and the federal government to set limitations on these drugs, but it is also up to doctors to be more limited on prescribing them.
ReplyDeleteAs a nation, we are not doing our job to combat this problem. This has been an ongoing issue and will only continue to worsen if the federal government does not do something to control it. This is affecting the entire nation; therefore, it is constitutional for the federal government to take charge and limit prescriptions.
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