Press Release Rockville, MD (February 27, 2018) – The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose (CSOO) is proud to announce A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing) as a new member of the coalition. A New PATH works...
Press Release Rockville, MD (February 22, 2018) – The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose (CSOO) enthusiastically welcomes Shatterproof as a new member of the Coalition. Shatterproof is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families....
Press Release Rockville, MD (February 21, 2018) – The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose (CSOO) is thrilled to announce The Kennedy Forum as the newest member of the coalition. Founded by the Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy, The Kennedy Forum...
Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to concerns regarding persistent misunderstandings surrounding dosage thresholds in the CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – 2016 (Guideline) and addiction medicine. The CDC responded...
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose (CSOO) submitted two comment letters to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding new subcutaneous injectable buprenorphine formulations by Indivior Pharmaceutical Inc. and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals Inc. The FDA opened two dockets seeking comments on the...
The Coalition submitted a letter to the Senate Health, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee asking that benefit protections for mental health and substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services through the exchanges and individual/small group markets be maintained...
The Coalition to Stop Overdose led a letter signed by 469 organizations expressing serious concerns with several of the health system reform included in the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) proposal. The letter highlights how GCHJ’s proposed changes to our health care...
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy urging the inclusion of the following essential provisions to address the opioid misuse and overdose epidemic in the...
“We are very disappointed that the House passed the American Health Care Act today. We firmly believe that equitable access to a full continuum of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, including medications to treat substance use...
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose sent a letter sent to House leadership expressing concerns with the finalized version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The letter was signed by 435 organizations representing consumers, families, providers, health care and social service...