• Issues related to CARA implementation; Issues related to opioid abuse; Issues related to FDA; Issues related to FY 2018 Appropriations implementation; Issues related FY 2019 LHHS Appropriations (H.R. 6470, S.3158, H.R. 6157 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act of 2019, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019); Issues related to CDC; Issues related to HHS; Issues related to DOJ; Issues related to funding for community-based nalaxone; Issues related to ONDCP funding.

Duration: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2022

General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $815,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)