{"id":802655,"date":"2021-09-22T14:59:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=802655"},"modified":"2021-09-22T14:59:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T18:59:37","slug":"senators-launch-bipartisan-push-to-combat-opioid-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-launch-bipartisan-push-to-combat-opioid-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators launch bipartisan push to combat opioid epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-launch-bipartisan-push-to-combat-opioid-epidemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=802655&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2527460\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2527460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo\/Toby Talbot, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:15 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, September 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A pair of senators are proposing legislation to combat the opioid epidemic. Republican Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Democrat Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced the bill Wednesday, which aims to codify a pilot program to help rural communities fight off the epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>A similar bill has already been introduced on a bipartisan basis in the House. This comes as the opiate crisis has been exacerbated by COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I\u2019ve lost friends to opioids, like millions who have lost loved ones to addictive drugs pushed by corrupt drug companies. Now I\u2019m teaming up with Sen. Chuck Grassley <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">to address <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">opioid<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> addiction and overdoses in rural communities nationwide.\u201d <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2014 Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a recent roundtable on the crisis, Republican Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said federal funding of local prisons forces addicts to go into withdrawal without treatment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cIn our local prisons, people who are facing addictions are left to dry out, if you will, to go into withdrawal on their own in the facility,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd the facilities don\u2019t have access to funding to be able to get treatment for these individuals.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Turner is proposing legislation to get the facilities funded while suggesting it will drastically increase success rates at ending addiction.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrats-demand-entry-for-haitian-migrants-criticize-enforcement-of-border-policies\/\">Democrats Demand Entry For Haitian Migrants, Criticize Enforcement Of Border Policies<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. 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