Merkley bill would place fees on opioid makers to fund drug treatment


Oregon’s funding for opioid treatment would more than double under a bill that U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced Wednesday to levy fees on opioid drug makers.

“Drug companies flooded the streets with massive quantities of opioids to enrich themselves while a generation of Americans got hooked,” Merkley said in a statement. “It is time for those companies to commit a portion of those profits to dramatically increase treatment capacity to address this crisis.”

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