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US: Sessions: Drug overdoses ‘the top lethal issue’ in the US
Associated Press – August 29, 2017
Sessions spoke to the annual conference of the National Alliance For Drug Endangered Children. He said preliminary data show nearly 60,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2016, the highest ever. He highlighted Department of Justice efforts to curb opioid abuse, including a pilot program announced Aug. 2 to send 12 federal prosecutors to cities ravaged by addiction to investigate health care fraud and opioid scams.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/29/sessions-drug-overdoses-the-top-lethal-issue-in-th/