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Rep. Annie Kuster Says War on Drugs Hasn t Translated to Success in Combating Opioid Crisis On 4/29/21 at 1:18 PM EDT Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was fighting another public health crisis. Opioid addiction has been ravaging the country for years. Combating the opioid crisis has been a bipartisan effort for years. In this episode of ASP Explores, Representatives Democrat Annie Kuster New Hampshire and Republican Bob Latta of Ohio discuss the causes of this epidemic and the actions needed to end it. Opioids include both prescription pain medications and illegal drugs like heroin whose misuse can lead to addiction or death. According to the National Institution on Drug Abuse, in 2019, around 10 percent of people using opioids for chronic pain developed an opioid use disorder. ....