[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 35 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3420. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3378 proposed by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Portman, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Durbin) to the bill S. 524, to authorize the 
Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of 
prescription opioid abuse and heroin use; as follows:

       On page 14, line 10, insert ``consumers,'' after 
     ``patients,''.
       On page 14, line 12, strike ``prescribed.'' and insert 
     ``prescribed, including opioid and methadone abuse. Such 
     education and awareness campaigns shall include information 
     on the dangers of opioid abuse, how to prevent opioid abuse 
     including through safe disposal of prescription medications 
     and other safety precautions, and detection of early warning 
     signs of addiction.''.
       On page 16, line 22, strike ``or''.
       On page 17, line 2, insert ``or'' at the end.
       On page 17, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       ``(C) a sudden increase in opioid-related deaths, as 
     documented by local data;
       On page 18, line 23, strike ``1997.'' and insert ``1997, 
     and may also include an evaluation of the effectiveness at 
     reducing abuse of opioids, methadone, or methamphetamines.''.
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