Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

When it comes to battling the fentanyl epidemic and opioid deaths, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are finding rare common ground.

“Everyone hears out of Washington how divided things are back in D.C., but this is an issue that’s clearly bipartisan,” said U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev. “Fentanyl, substance abuse does not have an ‘R’ or ‘D’ behind it. It affects every community across this country.”

Lee is celebrating the signing of new bipartisan legislation authorizing $64 million through 2030 to combat substance abuse among youths after the program lapsed in 2023.

The funding is part of the Treatment, Recovery, Education, Awareness and Training Youth Act, introduced by Lee, which was included in the legislation that Presiden

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