Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin joined by fellow Senate Democrats announces the Lifeboat Act to help ease the opioid abuse epidemic during a press conference on Capitol Hill May 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. The act would establish a 1 cent fee on each milligram of active opioid ingredient in a prescription pain pill to fund efforts to provide and expand access to substance abuse treatment.

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Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin joined by fellow Senate Democrats announces the Lifeboat Act to help ease the opioid abuse epidemic during a press conference on Capitol Hill May 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. The act would establish a 1 cent fee on each milligram of active opioid ingredient in a prescription pain pill to fund efforts to provide and expand access to substance abuse treatment.

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