Opioid Crisis-Fighting Measures from Senate Judiciary Committee Become Law

Statement

President Donald Trump signed into law the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which included seven separate bills approved earlier this year by the Senate Judiciary Committee under the leadership of Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa. Each bill received bipartisan support. The newly-signed law will help in the fight against the nationwide opioid epidemic and keep American communities safer and healthier. Grassley issued the following statement on the new law:

"Opioid overdose deaths are preventable, yet there are still more than 100 every day. Midwestern states like Iowa have seen opioid overdoses increase 70 percent from July 2016 to September 2017. It's a complicated problem that requires creative, comprehensive and collaborative solutions.

"The President signed into law a package of those solutions. We worked hard, in a bipartisan way, to move a number of these provisions through the Senate Judiciary Committee. I'd like to thank my colleagues on both sides for their diligent work. This will build on the success of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act that I led to passage last Congress, and is another positive step forward to reduce the impact of this devastating epidemic."

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