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Congresswoman Annie Kuster on Federal Funding to Combat the Opioid Crisis

We talk with Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster about the efforts of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force to increase funding to fight the opioid epidemic.  The new federal budget deal passed last week includes $6 billion in funding for opioid abuse and mental health treatment.  We discuss how much N.H. might receive, who decides, and how it would be spent.

GUEST:  Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster, co-chair of the Bipartison Heroin Task Force.

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