President Donald Trump declared the ongoing opioid epidemic a national emergencyon Thursday, pledging to spend “a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money” to combat the crisis and give states and federal agencies more tools and resources to fight addiction.
Another critical weapon in the battle against opioids is health information technology, and a new bill filed on Capitol Hill this week calls for requiring e-prescribing of controlled substances nationwide to establish more stringent oversight of how opioids and other addictive drugs are dispensed.
