Issue Position: Opioid Epidemic
Issue Position
Issues: Health and Health Care Drugs
Across Massachusetts and right here, opioid addiction is devastating families. This is why I filed and supported budget earmarks to provide direct State funds to EB Hope; the Champion Plan; and the Plymouth County Police Outreach groups. I will continue to fight for expanded funding of long-term and proven addiction treatment. Big pharmaceutical companies lobbied for government-deregulation of opioids, and expanded prescribing authority, which facilitated this crisis. We must take the fight to the top by holding big-pharma and over prescribing doctors accountable.
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