Senator: Prevention measures must be part of opioid bill
The senator spearheading the effort to tackle opioid addiction tells The Hill that “prevention” measures need to be included in any legislation sent to President Obama.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) tells The Hill’s Molly K. Hooper that making the link between prescription opioid use and heroin addiction also must be a high priority.
Watch the video above to hear Portman, Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Assistant Administrator Louis Milione and Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito (R-W.Va.) discuss the explosion of the opioid epidemic and Congress’s actions to curb it.
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