I looked it up, and the organizations who are testifying here today spent a combined total of $30 million lobbying Congress last year.
This is why we fought for those funds, and why we're going to keep fighting for more money.
Our pressure worked. We got additional money for the opioid epidemic.
Senator Capito and I worked on this legislation so that patients would have the power to reduce the number of pills they...
In Massachusetts, the opioid epidemic is devastating, but we are fighting back with everything we have.
We're making progress, but not enough has been done yet.
About five people die every day in Massachusetts from an opioid overdose.
Fentanyl is an incredibly potent synthetic opioid. It's about 100 times stronger than morphine.
When we know that three out of every four overdose deaths in Massachusetts involve fentanyl, we are better prepared.
We are now seeing drugs even more potent than fentanyl emerging.
To reduce the number of pills in circulation, Senator Capito and I introduced a bill called the Reducing Unused Medicati...