Calls for urgent action on the opioid crisis in the United States have been coming thick and fast. So, too, have the possible solutions: Congress is currently considering 57 opioid-related bills. This comes after President Donald Trump declared the crisis a public-health emergency last year. No one would dispute that. In 2016, more than 53,000 people in the United States died from an opioid overdose — more than double the figure in 2010 — and the increasing use, misuse and abuse of heroin, fentanyl and other opiates, including prescription drugs, shows no signs of slowing.

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遏制阿片类药物成瘾比新药更重要

呼吁对美国的阿片类药物危机采取紧急行动的呼声越来越高。因此，也有可能的解决方案：国会目前正在考虑57项与阿片类药物有关的法案。在此之前，唐纳德·特朗普总统去年宣布这场危机为公共卫生紧急事件。没有人会对此表示怀疑。2016年，美国有53,000多人死于阿片类药物过量，这一数字是2010年的两倍多，而且海洛因，芬太尼和其他鸦片制剂（包括处方药）的使用，滥用和滥用的增加，没有丝毫放缓的迹象。 。