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the problem has united politicians from all points on the ideologic spectrum. that s because democrats and republicans have seen that addiction doesn t discriminate. more than doubled most age groups and all income levels. now much of this follows a crack down on prescription pills in recent years that boosted heroin use among addicts who were looking for a cheaper more powerful high. the devastation that heroin is inflicting on many american communities, explains house appropriations chairman hal rogers and mitch mcconnell. , lifted the ban on funding needle exchange programs. i say effectively because federal funds can now be paid for advance, staff, rent and all supplies except for needles and syringes themselves. the backing of rogers and mcconnell came after decades of republican opposition to exchange programs and it reflects kentucky s heroin problem has given the highest rate of hepatitis c in the nation. needle exchange programs are the cornerstone of harm redu ....
america is in the midst of a heroin epidemic that has succeeded in doing what almost no other issue has done. the problem has united politicians from all points on the ideologic spectrum. that s because democrats and republicans have seen that addiction doesn t discriminate. more than doubled most age groups and all income levels. now much of this follows a crack down on prescription pills in recent years that boosted heroin use among addicts who were looking for a cheaper more powerful high. the devastation that heroin is inflicting on many american communities, explains house appropriations chairman hal rogers and mitch mcconnell. , lifted the ban on funding needle exchange programs. i say effectively because federal funds can now be paid for advance, staff, rent and all supplies except for needles and syringes themselves. the backing of rogers and mcconnell came after decades of republican opposition to exchange programs and it reflects kentucky s heroin problem has ....
has united politicians from all points on the ideologic spectrum. that s because democrats and republicans have seen that addiction doesn t discriminate. more than doubled most age groups and all income levels. now much of this follows a crack down on prescription pills in recent years that boosted heroin use among addicts who were looking for a cheaper more powerful high. the devastation that heroin is inflicting on many american communities, explains house appropriations chairman hal rogers and mitch mcconnell. , lifted the ban on funding needle exchange programs. i say effectively because federal funds can now be paid for advance, staff, rent and all supplies except for needles and syringes themselves. the backing of rogers and mcconnell came after decades of republican opposition to exchange programs and it reflects kentucky s heroin problem has given the highest rate of hepatitis c in the nation. needle exchange programs are the cornerstone of harm reduction, illeg ....
heroin epidemic. it came during a meeting with the nation s governors at the white house, where the topics were terrorism,ing international politics and the zika virus, if the president should consider a national approach to cracking down on doctors who over-prescribe opioid medications like oxycontin. , pain pills and then look for a cheaper more powerful high so the governors question was right on the money. now president said it would be better if governors first reach agreement on prescription limits before the issue reached congress but his answer also touched on a shift that s taking on america s approach to deal with drugs and diction. addiction. here is what the president said. if we go to the doctors and say don t overprescribe, without mechanisms to deal with the pain that they circulat have or the s they have then we re not going to solve the problem because the pain is real, the mental illness is there, the addiction is already there. in some case these ar ....
were terrorism,ing international politics and the zika virus, if the president should consider a national approach to cracking down on doctors who over-prescribe opioid medications like oxycontin. , pain pills and then look for a cheaper more powerful high so the governors question was right on the money. now president said it would be better if governors first reach agreement on prescription limits before the issue reached congress but his answer also touched on a shift that s taking on america s approach to deal with drugs and diction. addiction. here is what the president said. if we go to the doctors and say don t overprescribe, without mechanisms to deal with the pain that they circulat have or the s they have then we re not going to solve the problem because the pain is real, the mental illness is there, the addiction is already there. in some case these are underserved communities when it comes to doctors nurses and practitioners. the president was talking ab ....