Thank you for the question.
I meet with so many families and community organizations across this country on the front lines of trying to save the people they love. Sadly, what we've seen from the opposition in their politicization of this opioid crisis is that they're choosing to look away from those who are struggling in order to lean into solutions that are not evidence-based and don't meet people where they are.
To get someone into treatment or health care, we need to build trust not just in the individual but also in the families and communities around them. My commitment to families struggling under the weight of a loved one using substances and maybe struggling with addiction is to not look away. We will use every tool we have to work with jurisdictions and make those investments in community, because we see them. We see those families and the people who are struggling. It is our commitment to ensure jurisdictions scale to need with the resources we provide and the additional resources in their tool boxes, and also ensure people are getting health care.
I think it's incumbent upon all of us to remember that at the centre of this crisis are the people who use substances and who need our support, not only so they stay alive but also so they can get accessible treatment and aftercare services. It's so they can get back to health and wholeness.