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Markey’s $45 billion proposal for opioid treatment has a familiar ring to it

  • Lev Facher

By Lev Facher Oct. 26, 2017

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Sen. Ed Markey
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) speaks about the national opioid crisis in June. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s announcement that it would declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency on Thursday begged an immediate question: Where’s the money to back it up?

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has a plan with an unlikely source.

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Lev Facher

Lev Facher

Addiction Reporter

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis.

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