Public Comments Requested: Draft Report of the Fast Track Action Committee on the Opioid Crisis
The White House National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) requests comments from members of the public, including psychological scientists, on a Draft Report of the Fast Track Action Committee (FTAC) on Health Science and Technology Response to the Opioid Crisis.
“The NSTC chartered the Opioid FTAC to support the President’s response to the opioid crisis by identifying (1) research and development (R&D) critical to addressing key gaps in knowledge and tools, and (2) opportunities to improve coordination of Federal R&D essential to combating the opioid crisis,” says the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The FTAC report, titled “Health Research and Development to Stem the Opioid Crisis: A National Roadmap,” can be accessed by clicking here. Topics of discussion in the report of potential interest to psychological scientists include nonbiological contributors to opioid addiction, pain management, prevention and treatment of addiction, and preventing and recovering from opioid overdoses.
You can view a PDF file of the 21-page draft report by clicking here.
Those wishing to comment on this draft report can email the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy directly by writing OpioidsRoadmap@OSTP.eop.gov. Responses are requested by December 5, 2018.
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