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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08) joined a roundtable discussion on the opioid crisis, Tuesday, shortly after voting in favor of the $1.3 trillion spending bill, which includes funds to fight the epidemic.
More than $4 billion goes towards opioid abuse prevention, research and treatment.
Rep. Hudson said there were more than 200 million opioid prescriptions last year, and 92 percent of people did not use their full prescription.
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) - Representative Richard Hudson (R-08) says he was ahead of the curve on the opioid crisis because he lives in his district, comes home on the weekends, does the grocery shopping, and talks to people in the district about what's going on. He says that's why he first started working on the problem two years ago.
"It takes such a comprehensive approach to fix this problem, to deal with this crisis," Hudson told WBTV. "Two years ago we passed mental health reform, we also put a billion dollars in prevention and treatment."
The opioid epidemic continues to devastate our country. It doesn’t discriminate between large and small communities or urban and rural ones. It has shoved its way into every corner of America – from Florida to Oregon and every state in between. My home state of North Carolina has four of the top 25 worst cities for opioid abuse in the U.S., and across the nation, the numbers are even more staggering. Last year alone, there were more than 42,000 overdose deaths that involved an opioid.
The post office on Main Street will be renamed the Howard B. Pate Jr. Post Office, according to a bill to be signed by President Donald Trump. Pate, who served as postmaster for more than 30 years, died in late 2016 at the age of 90.
“It means a great deal,” said Pate’s son, Howard Pate III. “I believe it’s something he would be honored by.”
Local Rep. Richard Hudson, R-08, will visit Serenity House in Concord on Tuesday to discuss with local leaders ways to improve responses to the national opioid crisis.
These efforts range from ensuring successful implementation of the laws passed last year to continuing to investigate and identify additional solutions that will help those battling addiction. It also involves improving prevention efforts and supporting local officials, law enforcement and the health care professionals responding to the crisis.
FAYETTEVILLE, NC (WTVD) -- The chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs held an open session Friday in Fayetteville to discuss veterans care.
The session was called Partnering, Payment and Provider Access and it's really all in the name. The Committee held the session to discuss ways to improve VA programs, specifically the Choice program.