01/13/2020
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"Congress must learn from the past. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, or CARA, was an important milestone."
"Lawmakers must acknowledge the present. In 2016, opioid overdose deaths from both prescription and illicit drugs were five times higher than 1999."
"The sharpest increase in drug overdose deaths in 2015 to 2016 was fueled by a surge in overdoses involving fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and synthetic opioids."
"No community is immune from the opioid epidemic. It is ripping apart the very fabric of our neighborhoods."