Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth Votes to Support Bipartisan Opioid Overdose Reduction Compromise

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016.  Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), cosponsor of the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), today helped pass a compromise version of the opioid overdose reduction through the House on a vote of 407-5. Duckworth sponsored the original legislation to address the rampant opioid epidemic across our nation by changing prescription and pain management practices, expanding access to treatment like opioid overdose reversal drugs and medication-assisted treatment as well as requiring the…