WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column on June 24, 2024: Opioid misuse and abuse has devastated communities in Arkansas and prompted a whole-of-government response to combat it, but hard-fought progress against the deadly consequences is now in view. Drug overdoses in Arkansas decreased by 13 percent in 2023, the second consecutive year there was a decline in the number of fatalities from overdoses in our state, according to the Centers for Dis  more