Actions you can take to help your loved one, your family, or your community.
Thank you to our community for the 1800+ action alerts submitted this year to help improve the way we address addiction!
You contacted federal officials on a range of crucial issues, including to:
Increase the availability of support services for families impacted by addiction.
Remove barriers to methadone treatment and expand access to addiction care.
Improve insurance coverage for addiction services.
Protect youth from the harms associated with legal addictive substances.
Increase access to harm reduction services.
👍 Highlights of Recent Actions at the Federal Level
SAMHSA removed some of the restrictions on methadone, and there is increasing bipartisan support for allowing methadone to be prescribed by physicians and available at pharmacies.
The Administration finalized regulations to strengthen parity enforcement.
Temporary rules allowing buprenorphine to be prescribed via telehealth were extended.
In addition, federal officials are increasingly talking about the role of families and working to involve them in efforts to address this crisis. There is increasing awareness of the urgent need to protect kids from accessing harmful addictive substances. There was unprecedented support for harm reduction at the federal level.
More opportunities to take action will be coming in the new year, with a new Congress and new administration. Keep an eye out for new action alerts on our website here.
📢 Actions You Can Take Now
Here are some other advocacy actions you can take right now:
Check out our new Insurance Resource Center. Learn about insurance, the Parity Act, what to do in the face of a denial, and how advocacy led to the enactment of critical new parity rules.
Join the Conversation in our Substance Use Resource Center Facebook group. Members get early access to our newest educational articles and videos, along with the opportunity to build connections with others.
Thank you again for all your efforts in 2024, and more to come in 2025!
