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==Drug Policy==
===Drug Overdose and Addiction===
*Reduce deaths from drug overdose by 25% by 2020 [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/]
*Establish a national dashboard to monitor the overdose and addiction problem, track nationwide responses, and target resources to increase access to critical services [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/]
**Create and adopt a national strategy to reduce addiction to fentanyl (a deadly narcotic laced into heroin) within 100 days of taking office
*Stop the over-prescription of pain medications [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/]
**Require physician training on pain prescribing
**Strengthen prescription drug monitoring programs
**Support patient education on pain
*Expand access to treatment [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/]
**Expand access to Naloxone (a reversal drug used to treat overdoses from heroin and prescription opioids)
**Equip all first responders with Naloxone and ensure all hospitals and first responders can quickly direct patients to effective addiction treatment options
**Increase funding for effective therapies
**Expand coverage of proven treatments under Medicare and Medicaid
**Assure every veteran access to treatment within 12 hours
*Invest in community resources for recovery [https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/]
**Implement a public health response to addiction
**Support community services
**Launch a national campaign to reduce the stigma associated with drug addiction
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