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Mar 2, 2021 U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V., have introduced legislation to provide families with the tools they need to support their loved ones living with addiction. The Family Support Services for Addiction Act would provide $25 million in grant funding to help nonprofits and community organizations provide support services to families with loved ones seeking addiction treatment. “The pandemic has exacerbated our country’s addiction crisis and we must bolster support services for those seeking treatment, and their families, to combat th...

Gillibrand Wants $25M to Fight Addiction During Pandemic PUBLISHED 3:13 PM ET Feb. 25, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:13 PM EST Feb. 25, 2021 SHARE The federal government should allocate $25 million in grants to help fight addiction amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Thursday said.  The money, part of a bill meant to provide support for community groups and non-profit organizations, has Republican backing in the U.S. Senate with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito signing onto the legislation.  "The pandemic has exacerbated our countr...

Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Orange County) introduced The California Ethical Treatment of Persons with Addiction Act, (Senate Bill 349) a critical and timely new law to protect California’s most vulnerable patients, those seeking treatment for substance use disorders, from predatory practices. Senator Umberg shared that 7,121 Californians tragically died of drug overdoses (79,251 nationally) in the 12-month period ending in May 2020. This is part of a skyrocketing rise, with overdose deaths in California up 26.8% in the period between June 2019 and June 2020. Nationally, in that same time fram...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Susan Walsh One angle of the coronavirus pandemic that hasn't been talked about enough is how quarantine has affected our mental health. A piece in the Scientific American concludes that the toll COVID has taken is "worse than expected" when it comes to anxiety and depression. In August, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found a tripling of anxiety symptoms and a quadrupling of depression among 5,470 adults surveyed compared with a 2019 sample. The Scientific American notes it's been an especially pressing time for young people. The CDC foun...