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Dr. Dan Lonergan, a pain specialist who also focuses on addiction, left, treats patient Jeff McCoy at his practice in Franklin, Tenn., Monday, June 5, 2017. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in America fell in 2016, with the rise of heart disease and drug-related overdoses being key factors in the uptick in deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Drug overdoses contribute to drop in US life expectancy

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A new report released Tuesday found there were roughly 225,000,000 prescriptions of opioids that include hydrocodone and oxycodone dispensed in 2016, compared to roughly 275,000,000 in 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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Number of opioid prescriptions down 16 percent over the last four years

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The news comes amidst a national opioid epidemic, and just a month after Skipper signed a contract extension through 2021 at ESPN. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Did John Skipper really resign from ESPN over a drug problem a month after signing a contract extension?

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has promised to block a House proposal to fund the government through Jan. 19, because it prioritizes defense over domestic spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Defense, health spending battle sparks new government shutdown threat

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White House will publish funding proposal on opioid crisis

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Deaths from opioids like heroin have been increasing in other age groups. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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Teen opioid use appears to decline despite increases in drug-related deaths among adults

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The company will provide the nasal spray Narcan without a co-pay. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Aetna to cover opioid overdose antidote at no cost to customers

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Overprescribing of painkillers such as OxyContin has been a key contributor to the opioid epidemic, which kills 91 people a day, according to federal data. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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DEA, Justice Department support change, not repeal, of opioid-shipment law

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Republicans frustrated over backlash on opioid law

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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, left, speaks as acting director of the National Drug Control Policy Richard Baum looks on during a President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis meeting in Sept. 27. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Trump administration to launch ‘massive’ media campaign to fight opioid crisis

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