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How Post-Capitol Riot Politics Derailed a Bi-Partisan Opioid Bill
Opioid politics have always been bad but only gor worse after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol as Rep. Madeleine Dean and her son Harry Cunnane exclusively recount to Matt Laslo.
Presidential Debate Reveals the Stigma Around Addiction in US
The worst part was that the nearly half a million lives lost to the opioid epidemic over the past two decades were only brought into the debate as dueling punchlines. So too were the millions of Americans still struggling with addiction to opioids – a bipartisan, government subsidized killer.