Executive Order 14379: Addressing Addiction Through the Great American Recovery Initiative

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose and Policy
• Sec. 2. Launching the Great American Recovery Initiative
• Sec. 3. Addressing the Disease of Addiction
• Sec. 4. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million Americans, or 16.8 percent of our Nation's population, suffer from addiction, and my Administration will continue to respond to a crisis of this scale with the attention it deserves. Over the past year, we have made incredible progress in stopping the inflow of illegal drugs that threaten American communities. We must now supplement that work by furthering a national effort to prioritize addiction treatment and recovery. Addiction is a chronic, treatable disease with relapse rates similar to other chronic diseases. Unfortunately, very few Americans who need treatment ever receive it or believe they need it. […]