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Lawmakers Consider Tough New Penalties For Opioid Crimes, Bucking Trend

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Carrie Johnson

June 06, 2017

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa (left), and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are drafting legislation that would call for new penalties for selling synthetic opioids. (AP)

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