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President Obama Calls For End of Opioid Crisis

December 15, 2016 By Alex Windings

Since 1999, the number of deaths from prescription drug abuse has quadrupled, with seventy eight Americans dying every day from opioid-related overdoses.

To fight this epidemic, President Obama has proposed $1 billion in resources to help individuals suffering from addiction, with Tennessee being eligible to receive up to $24 million over two years in order to help those seeking treatment for heroin or prescription opioid addiction.

To read the full version of this story, click here.

This was taken from a longer piece that previously ran in the Tennessean.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: opioid crisis, president obama, Tennessee

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