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Appropriations bill adds $3.7 billion for fighting opioid epidemic

By Robert King
Published June 26, 2018 4:09pm ET
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Appropriations bill adds $3.7 billion for fighting opioid epidemic
Posters comparing lethal amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil, are on display during a news conference about the dangers of fentanyl.

An appropriations bill released Tuesday includes $3.7 billion to help treat the opioid crisis.

The bill would fund the Department of Health and Human Services and several other agencies for fiscal 2019. It follows $3.3 billion that was added to a March spending bill that funds the federal government through September.

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