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DEA deploys 250 additional officers to fight nationwide opioid epidemic

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DEA deploys 250 additional officers to fight nationwide opioid epidemic

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Tuesday it will send an additional 250 task force officers and a few dozen analysts to regions across the country that have been most affected by the opioid epidemic.

DEA Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson said the reinforcements will strengthen agents already in cities that have been hardest hit by heroin and fentanyl addiction.

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