Second National Opioid Action Act

=AN ACT TO TAKE FEDERAL ACTION AT A CRISIS STEALING THE LIVES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS A YEAR.=

October 25, 2019

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of WTP in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "National Opioid Action Act."

SECTION 2. PUBLIC AWARENESS. Officially recognize the opioid epidemic as a national crisis; Require all doctors practicing or providing service to someone with public insurance funded by the federal government (including in the form of a grant) to transparently and meticulously detail the risks of strong opiate prescriptions; Put opiate related drugs as a tier 3 solution to pain; Require all opiate related drug manufacturers to provide transparent labels making the user aware of unintended and addictive characteristics of the drug; Authorize the health and human services to create an ad campaign highlighting the risks of opium related drugs; and Advocate the states require health classes in public schools to teach about the stigma of addiction treatment, the unintended and addictive effects of opium, or other related causes.

SECTION 3. INCREASING TREATMENT Federally funded public insurance programs will expand service to mental health related healthcare services; States are encouraged to expand federally funded public insurance programs; Federally funded or subsidized health centers regarding general health, including services such as the VA, will be authorized to expand a needle exchange program, managed by the states respectively; Criminalized opium drugs are decriminalized at the federal level; Appropriations of $2 billion are to be divided to publicly funded research centers and universities researching on Opium related treatment; and Investments by drugs companies to R&D in regards to an opium solution will be tax free, and will receive a tax cut of 5%.