Sen. Fischer Issues Column: Glimmers of Hope in the Fight Against Opioids
September 03, 2019
September 03, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column:
The reported numbers on the effects of opioid addiction in our country are mind-boggling. More Americans have died from opioid overdoses than those who gave their lives in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and the Iraq wars combined. According to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report in 2017, two million children live in households with at least one parent who had an illicit d . . .
The reported numbers on the effects of opioid addiction in our country are mind-boggling. More Americans have died from opioid overdoses than those who gave their lives in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and the Iraq wars combined. According to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report in 2017, two million children live in households with at least one parent who had an illicit d . . .