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This 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet. On Tuesday, West Virginia became the first state to get a waiver from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to treat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, which affects newborns whose exposure to opioids is cut off at birth, through Medicaid. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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West Virginia first state to get federal waiver to treat opioid-addicted babies

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The analysis released Tuesday estimates that the cost of the opioid crisis increased from $29.1 billion in 2001 to $115 billion in 2017. It comes as Congress is adding more money to fight the epidemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Opioid crisis cost US more than $1 trillion since 2001

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Nearly 41 million American adults lack access to a physical university, and of those, 3 million also lack access to an Internet connection suitable for online education.
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Efforts to stem opioid abuse have side effects

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The proposal includes $5 billion over five years that would go toward fighting the opioid epidemic, which is responsible for most drug overdose deaths and involves overdoses from prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and illegal drugs like heroin and fentanyl. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Healthcare

Trump requests $5 billion for opioid battle in budget proposal

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OxyContin is Purdue's No.1 drug, although sales have decreased recently due to generics. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).
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Company behind OxyContin will stop promoting opioid drugs to doctors

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President Trump on Friday announced 32 appointments to the White House staff. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump announces 32 White House appointments, including a fill-in for Rob Porter

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Drug criminalization is little more than the state protecting its citizens from their own choices, and then making other citizens pay for that protection. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)
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Drug criminalization is intrinsically harmful to human societies

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The Tea Party had one tangible achievement to show for all of the havoc it caused: The enactment of spending caps that resulted from the 2011 standoff over raising the debt ceiling. Those caps are now under threat. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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Republicans repeal the Tea Party

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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., (left) and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., (right) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee are two of the Advancing Cutting-Edge Research Act's cosponsors. It would give the National Institutes of Health more flexible authority to conduct research on how to address the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Healthcare

Senators aim to spur creation of non-addictive painkillers

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The drug is legal under federal law, but FDA officials have recommended it be categorized as a Schedule 1 drug, which would effectively mean that scientists would be unable to study its effects. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)
Healthcare

Scientists warn Trump administration that banning kratom will result in more opioid deaths

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