| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Opioid deaths mounting, lawmakers hit gas on new legislative push | Congress is moving to take a second crack at opioid legislation, with lawmakers broadly agreeing that they need to do more to deal with a crisis that’s killing over 42,000 people per year.
There’s a sense of urgency to the push, as lawmakers continue to hear story after story of people in their communities dying from overdoses. The crisis doesn’t appear to be stemming, as the rate of opioid overdose deaths increased nearly 28 percent from 2015 to 2016. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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