Major congressional action on combating opioid abuse may be in danger as Democrats are uniting to include more funding in a bill for treatment recovery.
Democrats want to add $920 million to legislation that was created by a committee of Senate and House lawmakers to address the opioid crisis and have indicated they wouldn’t support the legislation without it. The money is taken from other federal programs to give states more resources to expand treatment options for addicts.
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