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Proclamation 9787

Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, 2018

This proclamation designates September 16-22, 2018 as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, encouraging Americans to participate in programs and activities that raise awareness about opioid addiction. It references prior administration efforts including $6 billion in funding and an interagency plan, but contains no binding policy directives or new funding commitments.

Federal Register Open PDF 83 FR 47543

Impact dates

  1. Start of Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week

Key directives

  • Proclaim September 16 through September 22, 2018 as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week
  • Call upon Americans to observe week with programs, ceremonies, religious services, and activities raising awareness
  • Encourage concrete follow-up activities

Timeline

Immediate

  • Awareness Week designation for September 16-22, 2018

Near term (90d)

  • Encouraged observance activities during designated week

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • No new funding or binding policy attached to awareness designation
  • References to prior administration actions (March plan, $6 billion funding, February 'The Crisis Next Door' platform) serve as rhetorical framing rather than operational directives
  • Stigma reduction language is aspirational without concrete mechanisms
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