Tags : Cicilline Fighting for New Federal Funding to Address Opiate Crisis

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), who serves on the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, is leading the effort in Congress to expand the use of Naloxone by law enforcement agencies. «In 2015, nearly two-thirds of drug overdose deaths -or 33,091 of 52,404 deaths-involved prescription and synthetic opioids like Vicodin, OxyContin, heroin and fentanyl,» […]readmore