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House Proposes 57 Bills to Combat Opioid Abuse

Published on Tue May 22, 2018

As the death toll continues to rise from the fallout of the national battle against opioid addiction, the U.S. House of Representatives pushes for more regulation to combat the epidemic. The House's Health Subcommittee advanced 57 bills forward to the larger Energy and Commerce Subcommittee for a vote with 56 of them devoted to fighting the opioid crisis, stated a [...]
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