Opioid deaths mounting, lawmakers hit gas on new legislative pus [View all]

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Source: The Hill

Congress is moving to take a second crack at opioid legislation, with lawmakers broadly agreeing that they need to do more to deal with a crisis that’s killing more than 42,000 people per year.

There’s a sense of urgency to the push, as lawmakers continue to hear story after story of people in their communities dying from overdoses. The crisis is showing no signs of abating, as the rate of opioid overdose deaths increased nearly 28 percent from 2015 to 2016.

Congress already passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) in 2016, but lawmakers and advocates broadly agree that it’s only one part of the puzzle.

“CARA in a lot of ways provided a starting point for a lot of the work that needs to be done,” said Grant Smith, the interim director for the Drug Policy Alliance’s office of national affairs.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/375373-opioid-deaths-mounting-lawmakers-hit-gas-on-new-legislative-push

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I just have to fucking ask................what about the Sackler's and their responsibility to this issue..................

All one has to do is type in Sackler's and see what the fuck the country is getting and what they are getting..................l

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/19/who_profits_from_the_opioid_crisis


I mean really......................