User:Harnieri/Opioid epidemic

Treatment within Legal Landscape
Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, otherwise known as the Controlled Substance Act, established five drug schedules to regulate and control their manufacture and distribution. ] In 2017, President Donald Trump officially declared the opioid crisis a “public health emergency." In 2018, the United States federal government enacted the SUPPORT Act which aims to help Americans gain access to opioid addiction treatment and help and reduce the amount of opioids prescribed. Other efforts include enacting legislation that provides funds from the Department of Health and Human Services to help support the creation and use of Syringe Services Programs. Recently, legislatures have started to advocate for the implementation of supervised injection sites as another way to help the opioid crisis and reduce harm. However, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that supervised injection cites violate the Federal Crack House Statute.