42 USC 284q-1 - NIH opioid research

U.S Code last checked for updates: Oct 16, 2024

§ 284q–1.

NIH opioid research

(a)

In general

The Director of the National Institutes of Health (referred to in this section as the “NIH”) may intensify and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the NIH with respect to—

(1)

the understanding of pain;

(2)

the discovery and development of therapies for chronic pain; and

(3)

the development of alternatives to opioids for effective pain treatments.

(b)

Priority and direction

(Pub. L. 114–198, title I, § 108, July 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 705.)

cite as: 42 USC 284q-1