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In this June 15, 2018 photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. As Congress and the Trump administration aim to curb spiraling drug costs, outside groups like the Alliance for Patient Access are raising their voices as they seek to sway the outcome.

Drug overdoses spike 30%, with record 93,000 deaths in 2020

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As of August 2016, fentanyl and its analogs (drugs that mimic chemical structure and therefore effect) are consistently killing more people than either heroin or prescription opioids. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Chinese money launderers team up with Mexican cartels to profit billions from US fentanyl crisis

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Doctors may feel pressure to prescribe opioids because it may lead to a better score on a patient satisfaction survey, experts said. (AP Photo)
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A flawed counter-opioid strategy

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This Feb. 19, 2013, photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy, in Montpelier, Vt. The wealthy family who owns the company that makes OxyContin says Massachusetts got the facts wrong in a lawsuit. Legal papers made public Tuesday, April 2, 2019, represent the first time the Sackler family, who owns the Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, has responded in court to allegations about its role in the opioid crisis.
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Purdue Pharma and states agree to $4.5 billion OxyContin settlement

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In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, used needles sit in a container inside the Baltimore City Health Department's Needle Exchange Team van in Baltimore.
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Biden funds controversial ‘harm reduction’ approach to drug treatment

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In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, used needles sit in a container inside the Baltimore City Health Department's Needle Exchange Team van in Baltimore.
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Judge temporarily halts bill to restrict needle exchanges in West Virginia

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In this Jan. 18, 2018 photo, used needles sit in a container inside the Baltimore City Health Department's Needle Exchange Team van in Baltimore.
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ACLU sues West Virginia over needle exchange law

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The Drug Enforcement Administration reported that fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. (Tommy Farmer/Tennessee Bureau of Investigation via AP)
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More lethal fentanyl found along the border this year than last

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Letitia James.
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Johnson & Johnson reaches $230 million settlement with New York to end opioid business

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In this Wednesday, April 1, 2015 photo, closed and out of service, the entrance to Sac-Osage Hospital stands empty in Osceola, Mo. After 45 years of providing health are in rural western Missouri, Sac-Osage Hospital is being sold piece-by-piece.
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Rural-urban mortality gap points toward a healthcare crisis

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