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Finally, House Action on Opioids

By Thomas McKinless

Posted May 12, 2016 at 2:02pm

By Thomas McKinless and Lindsey McPherson and Stephenie Akin

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The House is finally weighing in on the nation’s opioid epidemic this week with a flurry of bills, after a mounting death toll over a number of years.

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