U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan filed legislation this week to increase federal funding to address the opioid crisis to the tune of billions of dollars.
The two New Hampshire Democrats re-introduced the Turn the Tide Act, which would raise the total spent on various addiction remediation efforts to around $65 billion nationwide over 10 years.
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