Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious plan to fight the opioid epidemic, explained [vox.com]

Alicia Doktor 2/20/194:00 AM

Elizabeth Warren is widely known for her public battles with big banks and Wall Street. She’s gotten attention for her wealth tax proposal. She’s praised, even by some conservatives, for her book The Two-Income Trap.

One part of the 2020 presidential hopeful’s record doesn’t get as much attention: her efforts to fight America’s opioid crisis.

As a US senator for Massachusetts, Warren has built a formidable record on the opioid crisis, which now kills more Americans than gun violence or car crashes. She’s called for more research into alternative painkillers, including medical marijuana. She’s tried to holdPresident Donald Trump’s administration accountable for its weak response, even pushing a government watchdog agency to investigate the administration.

[For more on this story by German Lopez, go to https://www.vox.com/future-per...emic-president-trump]

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Rich FeatherlyMember

Senator Warren's CARE act would be another bandaid to make up for the fact that we don't have universal healthcare coverage which would need to pay for mental health and addiction treatment at accredited facilities. If families all got the support they needed to be healthy, there would be less addiction.

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