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An unlikely agency joins the fight against opioid overdoses

In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service is joining the Biden administration’s efforts to combat opioid overdoses.

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Fewer federal employees are addicted to opioids thanks to this Labor Department employee

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Biden picks ex-West Virginia health official as drug czar

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The DEA keeps an eye on a problem that predated the pandemic, and will be here long after

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Nearly grounded a decade, NASA to resume manned spacecraft

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FDA, data analytics and the opioid crisis

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Veterans Affairs publishes how many opioids it's prescribing online

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Ron Flegel: Opioid screening goes governmentwide Oct. 1

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record high for the nation. That’s 78 people per day, a number that doesn’t include the millions of family members, first responders and even taxpayers who feel the ripple of drug addiction in their daily lives. A rise in prescription painkillers is partially to blame: The sale of these drugs has quadrupled since 1999, and so has the number of Americans dying from an addiction to them. When prescriptions run out, people find themselves turning to the cheaper alternative heroin and, increasingly, the even more deadly drug fentanyl. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

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Dr. Chester Buckenmaier: Uniformed Services University joins opioid addiction fight

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Don Cox: SAMHSA poised to tackle opioid addiction epidemic