ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE NOW
MAKE EVERY PENNY COUNT!! 100% of funds to help fight the Opioid Epidemic
States are in the process of determining disbursement of billions of dollars from the opioid related lawsuit settlements. FED UP! encourages those funds to be used only for tackling the opioid epidemic. Please contact your local State Attorney General’s office ASAP to find out how your state is handling the money. Click here for more […]
FED UP! Urges support of the following legislation:
Sign Letter to Congress urging to hold hearing on Bills
Sign Letter in support of the Right to Know Act of 2021
Sign on to Letter in Support of Fentanyl Related Substance (FRS) scheduling
Contact [email protected] to add your signature
SIGN ONTO FED UP! COALITION’S LETTER TO US ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR
WE WANT JUSTICE!
We urge your organization to join this initiative in solidarity with FED UP!. To sign the letter displaying your support, please email John McCally [email protected] with your organization’s name, city and state. Deadline to sign the letter is extended to Friday, August 28th at 6 PM CST. Re: Justice for Victims of the Opioid Crisis Dear Attorney General Barr: […]
WE WANT JUSTICE!
CARE ACT – WE NEED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TREATMENT
Treatment is the most vital component in dealing with the opioid addiction epidemic. Treatment saves lives. Due to advocacy efforts, treatment is more available now than it was. In 2016, the NSDUH survey showed that 453,000 (21.6%) Americans with OUD received treatment for OUD. In 2017, that number rose to 603,000 (28.6%). But this is […]
REPEAL The Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016
The FED UP! Coalition also asks that you contact your Congressional representatives to repeal the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act since, as we wrote in a letter to the appropriate Congressional Chairmen, “the law constrains the D.E.A.’s ability to enforce the Controlled Substances Act and allows perpetrators of illegal opioid distribution to […]
SOFA Act
WRITE YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TODAY! IMPLORE HIM OR HER TO SUPPORT THE SOFA ACT (H.R. 2935). THE SOFA ACT AMENDS THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT TO ADD ILLICIT FENTANYL ANALOGS TO SCHEDULE I. THIS LEGISLATION IS A MUST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FENTANYL ANALOG OVERDOSE DEATHS. POINT OUT THAT CHINESE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS SWITCHED FROM MAKING FENTANYL […]
Did the FDA Ignite the Opioid Epidemic? “60 Minutes” investigated this topic, and interviewed FED UP! Coalition Executive Committee Executive Director Emily Walden and Executive Committee Member Dr. Andrew Kolodny for the news story that aired on Sunday, February 24, 2019. See “Coalition News” webpage for story.
FED UP! Advocacy
A CALL TO ACTION!
For information on how to schedule a visit with your members of Congress click here.
For those supporters living in the Washington, D.C. area, please contact and visit your members of Congress – we need our message heard.
Past Calls to Action
Send a comment to the FDA, supporting our petition to remove ultra high dosage unit opioids from the market
Dear FED UP! Friends, We need your help to have ultra-high dosage unit opioids removed from the market. These are pills so strong that just one could cause an overdose in someone not used to taking opioids. We have joined PROP, Shatterproof, the National Safety Council and ASTHO, the organization for state health commissioners, in […]
Urgent Request to send Comments – FDA Docket Closes December 28, 2017
The FDA is seeking comments from the public about steps they can take to address the opioid crisis. Please go to the federal website to leave a comment – and please do this now because the docket will close in a matter of days. Deadline: December 28, 2017 Read FED UP!’s letter to FDA Commissioner, Scott […]
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