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Mitch PerryMarch 29, 2016
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Vern Buchanan applauds president’s plan to combat heroin addiction and drug abuse

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The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a series of initiatives aimed at curbing America’s opioid addiction epidemic. The  steps will make it easier to get obtain medication-based treatment, expand Medicaid coverage and increase availability of a drug that saves people from overdoses. The president discussed his proposals while appearing at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit […]
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Mitch PerryFebruary 26, 2016
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Vern Buchanan co-sponsoring legislation to deal with heroin crisis

3min185
In an attempt to staunch the heroin epidemic, Sarasota-area U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said Friday he’s co-sponsoring legislation aimed at curbing the flow of drugs into the U.S. while  intensifying education, prevention and treatment programs. In thepast decade, heroin abuse has skyrocketed in the U.S. The rate of heroin-related overdose deaths increased 286 percent between 2002 and 2013.  […]
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