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Barack Obama: That is why, in my most recent budget proposal, I proposed investing $1 billion to expand access to treatment for…

On the recordAugust 30, 2016
That is why, in my most recent budget proposal, I proposed investing $1 billion to expand access to treatment for prescription opioid misuse and heroin use.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 9479—National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

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