A nonprofit that made ambitious promises to help people addicted to opioids is losing its biggest financial backer — the drug lobby
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Money has poured into nonprofits in recent years as lawmakers called for action to help treat addiction, with 130 people dying of opioid overdoses every day. Hundreds of millions more dollars could flow into such programs with the settlement of the massive opioid litigation currently moving through the courts.
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich is accompanied by Jessica Hulsey Nickel at an event in January 2016. | Jim Cole/AP Photo A spokesperson for PhRMA told POLITICO that while it was cutting funding, “we are confident that the organization will remain at the forefront of efforts to save lives.”work as a love letter to her father, whom she lost to heroin. Before creating the group, Nickel had been an aide to then-Rep. Rob Portman , a staffer at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and a lobbyist for Alkermes, which makes one of the three drugs approved to treat opioid addiction.
One source of contention was an ambitious project to establish a national call center, based in Chicago, to connect opioid users with help and recovery services. The call center’s objectives would have been lofty for any organization because ofto appropriate, affordable treatment programs.
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