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6/12/2009--Introduced.Drug Overdose Reduction Act - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) award grants or enter into cooperative agreements to enable eligible entities to reduce deaths occurring from drug overdoses; and (2) give priority to p

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Official Summary

6/12/2009--Introduced.Drug Overdose Reduction Act - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to:
(1) award grants or enter into cooperative agreements to enable eligible entities to reduce deaths occurring from drug overdoses; and
(2) give priority to public health agencies or community-based organizations that have expertise in preventing deaths occurring from overdoses in high risk populations. Conditions receipt of a grant or agreement on an entity agreeing to use the grant or agreement for:
(1) purchasing and distributing drug overdose reversal agents;
(2) training first responders, law enforcement and corrections officials, and other individuals in a position to respond to an overdose on the effective response;
(3) implementing programs to provide overdose prevention, recognition, treatment, or response to individuals in need; and
(4) evaluating, expanding, or replicating such programs. Requires the Director to:
(1) compile and publish data, annually, on fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses for the preceding year;
(2) award grants to state, local, or tribal governments to improve drug overdose surveillance capabilities; and
(3) develop and submit to Congress a plan to reduce the number of deaths occurring from overdoses. Requires the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to:
(1) prioritize and conduct or support research on drug overdose and overdose prevention; and
(2) support research on dosage forms of naloxone for the prehospital treatment of unintentional drug overdose.

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