Opioid battle gets $4 billion boost in spending bill

Published March 22, 2018 1:19am ET



Congress plans to spend $4 billion on the opioid crisis, according to a long-term spending deal released Wednesday night.

The figure is higher than the $6 billion spread out over two years that the Senate recently shared with reporters, but lower than the $13 billion the White House had said it would be requesting.

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