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But they decided not to announce this aspect of her drug prevention program during the election.
On the screening point, will let policy get into details, but it's the major pillar of the 'prevention' goal. Would folks be more comfortable if it said something like [CAPS=ADDITION] "ensuring every child and teenager is annually screened for substance use DISORDERS, JUST AS THEY ARE ALREADY SCREENED FOR OTHER ILLNESSES"?
schools and doctors regularly screen for all sorts of diseases, and substance abuse screening /= random drug testing.
to confront the drug addiction crisis head-on. My plan sets four goals: first, ensuring every American family has access to affordable and effectivetreatments; second, ensuring that we work with pediatricians to be sure that every child and teenager is educated about and screened for substance use disorders as part of their annual doctor’s visit, just as we do for hearing, eyesight, developmental delays and so much more; third, ensuring all first responders have access to naloxone, which stops overdoses from becoming fatal; and fourth, requiring that all health-care providers receive training in recognizing substance use disorders and consult a prescription drug monitoring program before providing opiates.
Even though they describe the screening as the major pillar for Hillary's drug prevention effort, they decide they'll bring it up after the election.(1) The American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a strong policy statement in 2011
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/AAP-Recommends-Substance-Abuse-Screening-as-Part-of-Routine-Adolescent-Care.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token
that every child/teenager should be screened for substance abuse disorders when they visit the doctor for their annual child check up or for an accute care visit in which it might be suspected. HRC has a long history of working with AAP and supporting their efforts to do more screenings. When she was First Lady, she worked on the Newborn Hearing Screening to make sure all babies get hearing screenings, and in the last several years she has pushed for and supported the AAP's effort to screen young kids for symptoms of "toxic stress." This is not "mandatory," but it is part of prevention and wellness and it is about supporting the AAP in making this happen by raising awareness, making sure pediatricians get reimbursed for their time in doing these screenings, etc. I have tried to clarify with edits to the speech, pasted below and attached.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/9373Hi all - I am hearing separately that even with this change that the screenings could be misconstrued and likely more trouble than they are worth. Let's kill it and I'll revisit it as a good policy idea on the other side of this election but not one for campaign fodder.
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