Today the leaders of Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Donald Norcross (D-NJ), released the following statements on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study, which shows a national increase in opioid-related inpatient stays and emergency department visits. According to the study, between 2005… Read more »

Representatives Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), and Donald Norcross (D-NJ) have introduced the Road to Recovery Act – bipartisan legislation that would eliminate the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion for substance use disorder and help states expand access to inpatient treatment for its… Read more »

Dear Friends, New Hampshire has the second highest rate of opioid overdoses in the country, is twice the national average for opioid prescriptions, and last in access to treatment. We have lost more citizens than any other state in the nation to fentanyl overdoses, and last year, nearly 500 people died from overdoses. Substance use disorders do not discriminate based on race, age,… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) co-chairs of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, announced that Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) will serve as vice-chairs of the task force.  “Addiction is a disease – not a personal failure. We must come together, end the stigma and help those… Read more »

(Hanover, NH) – Yesterday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited Dartmouth College for Tackling the New Hampshire Opioid Crisis: Harnessing the Power of Science to Break the Cycle to discuss the opioid epidemic and share updates on her work in Congress to address this issue. Kuster was joined by Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at… Read more »

**Earlier, Kuster met with students and offered remarks about preventing drug and alcohol use among youth at the CADY 17th Annual Regional Prevention Summit** (Bethlehem, NH) – Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), the founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, visited Friendship House treatment center in Bethlehem to discuss the future of the center and the… Read more »

Today the bipartisan VA Prescription Data Accountability Act introduced by Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives. Kuster’s legislation would clarify current law to stipulate that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is required to disclose information to state controlled substance monitoring programs for anyone –… Read more »

Today Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) the founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) wrote to President Donald Trump to express their opposition to proposed cuts to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The letter highlights the importance of… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) applauded passage of her legislation, the VA Prescription Data Accountability Act, in the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. The legislation will next go to the full House of Representatives for Consideration. “I’m pleased that the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has come together behind this commonsense proposal to… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), the founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, joined more than 70 of her colleagues in calling on the Trump Administration to maintain funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in their FY2018 budget. The letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney highlights the importance of ONDCP and… Read more »