Dear Friend,
While communities across the country are forced to respond the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid epidemic has been overshadowed by this public health crisis, leaving many of those struggling with substance use disorders shut out of their usual support systems.
That’s why the Clinton Foundation’s Opioid Response Network, in partnership with Direct Relief and other nonprofit and advocacy groups, launched a new effort to curtail opioid deaths and deliver 155,000 doses of the overdose-reversal drug naloxone to recovery homes in five states hit hard by overdoses.
Too many families throughout our country have faced tragedy as the opioid epidemic has raged on across the United States. As National Recovery Month comes to an end, we’re reminded that recovery is an everyday fight, and the work continues beyond September. Our efforts around the country are bringing the lifesaving drug closer to vulnerable communities fighting substance use disorders.
President Bill Clinton sat down with USA Today to share what this partnership means to him. Read the whole story here.
We all have a responsibility to act and we all can do more. Join us in the fight to save lives.
In partnership,
Chris Thrasher
Senior Director of Substance Use Disorders and Recovery
Learn more about what you can do to fight the opioid epidemic and read about our partnership distributing naloxone to recovery homes across the country at clintonfoundation.org/hope.
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