The Biden team is scrambling to slow a crushing wave of drug overdose deaths
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is rolling out a new plan to slow drug deaths, which he says will include controversial measures such as clean needles and fentanyl test strips.
by Brian Mann
Oct 27, 2021
2 minutes
The Biden administration is rolling out a new coordinated strategy it hopes will slow the menacing rise in drug overdose deaths.
According to the latest preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 100,000 people in the U.S. died from overdoses over a 12-month period, a massive surge from a year earlier.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said
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