OPIOIDS.
>> YES AND THAT’S INVESTING IN
TREATMENT.
WHAT WE’VE SEEN UNDER GOV.
SUNUNU’S SO CALLED DOORWAYS
PROGRAM IS DESPITE THE BEST
EFFORTS OF PEOPLE ON THE GROUND,
IT’S LARGELY A DOORWAY TO
NOWHERE.
THERE’S NO BACK ROOM.
SO YOU NEED THE TREATMENT
CAPACITY, INPATIENT AND
INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT IN ORDER TO
MEET THE GAPS THERE.
AND TREATMENT CAPACITY IS
CRITICAL.
IT’S PART OF WHY WE HAVE THE
SECOND WORSE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN
THE COUNTRY BECAUSE GOV. SUSNUNU
HAS NOT INCREASED TREATMENT
CAPACITY BUT HAS DONE THIS
DOORWAYS PROGRAM WHICH HAS
LARGELY DONE ASSESSMENT AND
REFERALS AND HE EVEN VETOED A
BILL TO DO ADDICTION TREATMENT
SERVICES
BOLSTERING ADDICTION TREATMETN
SERVICES THAT WE GOT A 24-0 VOTE
ON IN THE STATE SENATE.
AND IT’S DISAPPOINTING THAT
BIPARTISAN WORK HAS BEEN OPPOS
BY CHRIS SUNUNU.
TREATMENT IS WHERE IT’S AT.
TREATMENT IS CRITICAL TO GETTING
GRANITE STATERS BACK UP ON THEIR
FEET AND TO COMBATTING THE
OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
>> MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ACTING
LIKE YOU INVENTED A SYSTEM THAT
YOU DIDN’T INVENT.
WHICH IS THE SUNUNU APPROACH.
LOOK THERE’S A LOT TO BE LEARNED
ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE
OPIOID CRISIS.
WE ARE LEARNING IT AS WE GO, BUT
SO ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO WE SHOULD BE TALKING BROADLY
TO VERMONT, AND MAINE AND
MASSACHUSETT
AND LEARNING FROM THEIR
EXPERIENCE.
SOME OF THEM WERE WELL AHEAD OF
US.
AND ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS IS
THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD A
PROVIDER NETWORK.
THAT’S DECENTLY, FAIRLY
COMPENSATED SO THAT YOU HAVE
MENTAL HEALTH PRFESSIONALS
WORKING IN COMMUNITIES.
WE’RE LAST IN THE NATION IN OUR
MEDICAIDE REEMBURSEMENT RA
