A crisis of the proportion of the #OpioidEpidemic demands action at all levels, and I am pleased that the Senate is taking a step in that direction today by passing a legislative package to combat this public health crisis. I'm on the Senate floor. Watch: https://www.facebook.com/EdJMarkey
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One of the proposals included in the package is my bipartisan Opioid Milestones Act, a bill I authored with Senator
@LisaMurkowski and@SenatorHassan to create a scorecard for our nation’s response to the opioid crisis.https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-markey-murkowski-and-hassan-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-measure-progress-in-ending-opioid-crisis …1 reply 2 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
This legislative package also includes important bipartisan legislation I introduced with
@SenToddYoung and@SenatorBaldwin to help address increasing rates of infectious diseases like HIV caused by injection drug use.https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-young-baldwin-introduce-legislation-to-fight-opioid-related-infectious-diseases …1 reply 3 retweets 4 likesShow this thread
We must do all we can to put a stop to this dangerous opioid crisis that has ravaged families and communities across the country for too long. We are moving in the right direction, but today’s vote should not be the end of our work on this issue.
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