The Obama administration is pressing GOP leaders to devote more funding to the fight against addiction before Congress sends its major opioids bill to the president’s desk this summer.
The head of the White House’s drug policy office, Michael Botticelli, joined Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan in a call to action Friday to approve a fully funded opioids bill — an approach that was backed by a majority of senators on the floor this week.
“Congress has been voting on various pieces of legislation related to the opioid epidemic, but so far has not provided the resources needed to make treatment available to everyone who wants it,” Botticelli and Donovan wrote in a blog post published Friday afternoon.
