- President Obama Proposes $1.1 Billion in New Funding to Address the Prescription Opioid Abuse and Heroin Use Epidemic: President’s Budget includes new mandatory funding to help ensure that all Americans who want treatment can get the help they need https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/02/president-obama-proposes-11-billion-new-funding-address-prescription 5 comments politics