Trump opioid panel will recommend nationwide drug courts, tightened requirements for prescribers
A draft of the final report from President Trump’s commission on combating the opioid epidemic lays out 53 recommendations.
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s commission on combating the opioid epidemic plans to encourage the federal government to establish drug courts in every federal judicial district, adjust reimbursement rates for addiction treatment, and streamline federal funding used by state and local governments to implement drug treatment and prevention programs, according to a draft of the panel’s final report.
Those steps are among the 53 recommendations laid out in the draft, a copy of which was obtained by STAT. The final report is set to be released on Wednesday.
The highlights:
Drug courts in all federal judicial districts
As of 2015, according to the commission, less than
