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Scaling back Obamacare will make the opioid crisis worse

  • Written by Victoria Stanhope, Associate Professor of Social Work, New York University
Scaling back Obamacare will make the opioid crisis worse

There’s been much talk in the U.S. about fixing the opioid crisis.

In October, President Donald Trump declared the situation a public health emergency and set up a commission on opioids. On Feb. 9, Congress finally took action by allocating US$6 billion for substance abuse treatment in the budget bill. Though a step in the right direction, ma...

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