Despite the still escalating crisis of opioid and heroin addiction, it cuts funding for prevention and treatment programs by $84 million.
Patty Murray: “Despite the still escalating crisis of opioid and heroin addiction, it cuts funding for prevention and treatment…”
On the recordJune 14, 2017
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Murray highlights the detrimental cuts to opioid addiction treatment funding.
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