November 1, 2017 

“To ensure federal opioid funding goes to the most affected states, U.S. Reps. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., and Annie Kuster, D-N.H., introduced legislation Tuesday called the Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act.

The legislation would ensure that states most affected by the opioid crisis receive much-needed resources under the 21st Century Cures Act, which authorized $1 billion in funding to address the drug crisis”

Wendy Holdren / The Register-Herald