2022 AL Senate race: on Drugs


Katie Britt: Opioid awareness: Stop Judging; Start Healing

August 31 marks Overdose Awareness Day across the globe. Addiction is not a failing; it is a treatable illness from which you can recover.

Our state experienced 980 drug overdose deaths in 2020, an increase of about 27% from 2019. The opioid epidemic is the primary driver of overdoses in Alabama. Nearly half of the 775 reported drug overdose deaths in Alabama involved opioids in 2018. Alabama has the highest such rate in the United States at almost twofold greater than the national average.

As we continue to combat this crisis, part of the effort must include holding bad actors responsible for their roles in creating this noxious problem. We must also emphasize that there is no shame in getting help for substance abuse disorders or addiction, as the ongoing anti-stigma campaign "Stop Judging, Start Healing" does.

It is time for Alabama to recommit ourselves to fighting the epidemic of opioids and other lethal drugs.

Source: AL Reporter on 2022 Alabama Senate race Aug 31, 2021

Mo Brooks: Allow doctors and patients right-to-try medical marijuana

Q: As a cancer survivor, you were a vocal supporter of the Right to Try bill. Many medical marijuana advocates argue that cannabis has some medical applications. Do you support the descheduling of marijuana as a class 1 controlled substance?

Brooks: I support allowing doctors and patients to decide which medications that they use to treat the ailments from which they are suffering.

Source: Alabama Political Reporter on 2022 Alabama Senate race Mar 25, 2021

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Candidates and political leaders on Drugs:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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