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In the Congress, I have advocated increasing resources for state-based drug court programs, which provide nonviolent substance abuse offenders with mandatory drug testing and substance abuse treatment as an alternative to incarceration. As well, I …
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US prescription drug overdoses quadruple over last decade
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On a state-by-state basis, West Virginia led the nation with the highest drug overdose mortality rate of 28.9 per 100,000 people, the majority of which were caused by prescription drug abuse. Since 1999, the state's fatal overdose rate has increased by …
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Gillibrand challenges FDA OK of hydrocodone drug
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Dianne Feinstein of California, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Amid the current prescription drug epidemic, "this will only contribute to the rising toll of addiction and death," the senators said. The current formula for …
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