First in West Virginia and then again, hours later, in Ohio, Sen. Elizabeth Warren posed the same question.
Raise your hand, the Massachusetts Democrat said, if you"know someone who's been caught in the grips of addictions" or"who's been lost to addiction."Twice Warren asked and twice the people seated around her in folding chairs lifted their arms, almost matter-of-factly, to say that, yes, they knew. Warren in OH, as she did in WV, asks the audience if they know anyone who's struggled or died from addiction: pic.twitter.
— Greg Krieg May 10, 2019 Warren's trip here followed the Wednesday rollout of her opioid crisis proposal, which would provide $100 billion for treatment, provider support and funding for research over a decade. On Friday in Kermit, West Virginia, the 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful said the plan would seek to go around state governments and deliver the resources to community leaders in the hardest hit towns and cities.
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