[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 72289-72290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20126]
Presidential Documents
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Proclamation 10799 of August 30, 2024
National Recovery Month, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This month, we recognize the more than 21 million
Americans in recovery from substance use disorder. They
exemplify courage, hope, and resilience as they seek
new beginnings and help countless others find pathways
to healing. People in recovery serve in every sector of
society as business leaders, public servants, community
leaders, and more. During National Recovery Month, we
celebrate their contributions, and we honor the loved
ones who have supported them on their recovery
journeys. We also reaffirm our commitment to making
sure every American has the resources they need to
recover and thrive.
Substance use disorder impacts Americans in communities
nationwide. Too many families have lost their children,
siblings, parents, and friends to substance misuse and
overdose. Every loss is a painful call to action. With
adequate support and resources, recovery is possible.
Our Nation is stronger when people in recovery do well.
The main goal of my Administration's National Drug
Control Strategy is to save lives. My Administration is
taking steps to provide the resources needed to ensure
people can achieve and sustain recovery, no matter
where they are. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration opened the Office of Recovery
to improve community-based recovery services across the
country. And last year, we released the Recovery-Ready
Workplace Toolkit to help employers create a safe and
healthy work environment, reduce stigmatization of
people with substance use disorder and mental illness,
and promote treatment and recovery services.
We are also disrupting the flow of illicit drugs across
our borders and into our neighborhoods; increasing
prevention efforts; and expanding access to treatment
for substance use disorder and mental health
conditions, overdose reversal medications, and recovery
services. Under my Administration, Federal law
enforcement agents are keeping more deadly drugs out of
our communities than ever before. Officials have
stopped more illicit fentanyl at ports of entry over
the last 2 fiscal years than in the previous 5 fiscal
years combined. The Department of Justice has
prosecuted thousands of drug traffickers, and the
Department of the Treasury has sanctioned more than 300
people and organizations involved in the global illicit
drug trade. And in July 2024, I issued a National
Security Memorandum that calls on all relevant Federal
departments and agencies to work collaboratively to do
even more to disrupt the supply of illicit drugs.
We have expanded access to life-saving treatments, like
medications to treat opioid use disorder, and have
increased the number of health care providers who can
prescribe these medications by 15 times. In February
2024, the Department of Health and Human Services
issued a rule to comprehensively update the regulations
in governing Opioid Treatment Programs for the first
time in 20 years--removing barriers to the treatment of
substance use disorder and expanding access to care. My
Administration has made historic investments in the
State Opioid Response and Tribal Opioid Response
programs to improve prevention; expand treatment; and
deliver free, life-saving
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medications across America. Already, this program has
delivered nearly 10 million kits of opioid overdose
reversal medications, such as naloxone.
And I have proposed a Budget that includes $1.8 billion
for recovery, including over $200 million of Federal
Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
Services Block Grant program funding for recovery
support services to help all Americans access health
care, no matter where they are in their recovery
process, as well as $22 billion to expand substance use
treatment and help more Americans achieve and stay in
recovery.
During National Recovery Month, we support everyone in
their journey to and during recovery. We recommit to
helping them live long, successful, and healthy lives,
and we thank them for their contributions to our
country. And we continue to ensure that those battling
substance use disorder are supported.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2024
as National Recovery Month. I call upon all citizens,
government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit
organizations, and other groups to take action to
promote recovery and improve the health of our Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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