Sens. Grassley, Ossoff Introduce Bill to Fight Opioid Epidemic in Rural Areas

Sens. Grassley, Ossoff Introduce Bill to Fight Opioid Epidemic in Rural Areas
A cigarette box of pills that was found with two people in an abandoned home in Dayton, Ohio, is seen in a Aug. 3, 2017, file photograph. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate is aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic in rural areas of the United States.

Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have teamed to introduce the proposal (pdf), which is called the Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act.
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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