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Five companies are named in the lawsuit, which says drugmakers engaged in fraudulent marketing and downplayed the addictive effects of prescription painkillers. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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DEA deploys 250 additional officers to fight nationwide opioid epidemic

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From left, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Vice President Mike Pence, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Washington Secrets

Sessions: Trump will restore respect for police

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It appears the Taliban are too busy harvesting a bumper crop of opium poppies to launch any offensives. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan, File)
National Security

Why the lull in Taliban attacks is a bad thing

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Overdose deaths in Wilkes had soared for half a decade before Fred Brason built a coalition of law enforcement, doctors and activists to combat the problem, peaking at 28 fatalities in 2009. Then, within a few years of Project Lazarus, deaths began steadily declining, dropping to 14 in 2010 and then down to nine the following year. (Photo by Tony Moore/For the Examiner)
Healthcare

Model program to fight drug abuse falls flat

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State law prohibits the Chicago Teachers Union from striking until contract negotiations reach a certain phase, which won't happen until May. (AP Photo)
Education

POLICY ROUNDUP

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Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Senate floor Tuesday.
Immigration

Senator hits NY’s ‘very dangerous’ plan to give medical licenses to illegals

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Rob Portman voted for the amendment and said that he is in favor of more resources for combating opioid and heroin abuse, but Congress needs to pass the bill first. (AP Photo)
Healthcare

Senate votes down Dem opioid funding

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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., speak during a news conference on opioid and heroin abuse on Feb. 11 on Capitol Hill. (AP photo)
Magazine

Manchin: Addiction should be bigger focus of FDA approval

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The efforts indicate an escalating focus among policymakers on the skyrocketing rate of prescription drug abuse in the U.S., a problem that has been building for more than a decade. (AP Photo)
Healthcare

While Congress argues about fixing opioid abuse, here’s who is preparing to tackle it

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Portman's bill would establish an evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and intervention program, but that's not enough for some Democrats. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Healthcare

Senators squabble over funding for painkiller crisis

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