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Webinar: Community Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic
The headlines come fast and furious – more than a million Americans dead of overdoses since the year 2000, nearly […]
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Washington and Social Science: Rare Accord Seen in Appropriations
For the first time in more than 20 years, Congress enacted into law the annual Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Act prior to the end of the fiscal year and for the first time in more than 10 years it did the same for the Defense Appropriations Act. What it didn’t do is approve the bill that funds the National Science Foundation.
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Washington and Social Science: Basic Research and Opioid Epidemic
One of the most important issues facing Congress this year is the opioid epidemic that has touched on the lives of so many Americans. On May 17, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved a package of 57 bills designed to address the crisis of health and behavior, and the full House is expected to debate these bills later this month.
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