Opioids
Combatting the opioid epidemic in West Virginia and across the country is one of Senator Manchin’s biggest priorities in the United States Senate. He works with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to secure the additional resources we need to fight this epidemic. He has introduced multiple bi-partisan bills aimed at supporting recovering addicts and funding programs that help addicts receive the treatment they need.
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the nation and unfortunately, West Virginia leads the nation in overdose deaths. In light of these growing concerns, Senator Manchin launched the Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus. Through this caucus, members work together with stakeholders in hopes of developing legislation and urging Congress to invest in programs that will end the ongoing opioid epidemic and prevent future drug abuse.
Latest
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February 22, 2021
Manchin, Portman Reintroduce Bipartisan FIGHT Fentanyl Act To Permanently Schedule Fentanyl-Related Substances
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February 01, 2021
Manchin, Cornyn Reintroduce Bill To Require Companies Report Illicit Online Drug Sales
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December 22, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.8 Million For Opioid Misuse Treatment, Research In West Virginia
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October 30, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Drug Free Community Grant In Elkview
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October 21, 2020
Manchin: Purdue Settlement Should Be Used To Help Communities Affected By Opioid Epidemic
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October 05, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding For West Virginia University
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September 25, 2020
Manchin Bill To Help Opioid Overdose Victims In West Virginia
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September 18, 2020
WV Congressional Delegation Urges HHS to Make Changes to Opioid Treatment Policy
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September 15, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding for Opioid Response Program in West Virginia
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September 11, 2020
Manchin And Capito Urge DEA To Keep Opioid Epidemic A Priority During COVID-19 Pandemic
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September 02, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $700,000 For Opioid Addiction Relief In West Virginia
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August 31, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding For Drug Free Communities Program In West Virginia
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August 27, 2020
Manchin Announces More Than $43 Million For West Virginia Opioid Crisis
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August 04, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $7.3 Million For Overdose Prevention In West Virginia
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August 03, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Opioid Relief Funding Opportunity In West Virginia
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July 30, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding For Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program In West Virginia
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July 22, 2020
Manchin, Gardner Bill To Help Americans With Crisis Care Services During COVID-19 Pandemic, Opioid Epidemic
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June 22, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $221K For Opioid Prescription Study At WVU
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June 04, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Addiction Medicine Fellowship Funding At WVU
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April 28, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Nearly $4 Million To Improve Mental Health And Substance Abuse Services
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April 17, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $400K To Combat Children And Youth Homeless In West Virginia
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March 26, 2020
ICYMI: Senate Passes Manchin's Protecting Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act
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March 25, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce West Virginia's Eligibility For Millions In Opioid Relief
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January 06, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $748K For Maternal Opioid Misuse Program
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December 18, 2019
Manchin Calls On Purdue Pharma To Cancel $1.3 Million Bonus For CEO
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December 17, 2019
Manchin Introduces Legislation To Combat Opioid Epidemic With Non-Opioid Treatments
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December 13, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce Nearly $38 Million To Address Opioid Crisis, Reduce Crime, And Improve Public Safety In West Virginia
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November 05, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce More Than $227K To Address Infectious Disease Consequences Of The Opioid Crisis
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October 31, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce $750K To Prevent Youth Substance Use Disorder In West Virginia
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October 31, 2019
Manchin Secures More Than $600 Million To Fight The Opioid Epidemic And $80 Million To Combat Youth Homelessness In Spending Package
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October 24, 2019
Manchin, Portman Introduce Bipartisan Fight Fentanyl Act To Permanently Schedule Fentanyl Related Substance
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October 23, 2019
Manchin Speaks With First Lady Melania Trump On Combating The Opioid Crisis
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October 04, 2019
Manchin, Captio Announce $848K To Combat Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia
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September 26, 2019
Manchin Includes Funding For Combating The Opioid Epidemic, PFAS Contamination Clean-Up Efforts, And Summit Point In Spending Bills
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September 24, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce More Than $6 Million For Health Services
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September 19, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce More Than $2.2 Million For Substance Use Disorder Treatment In West Virginia
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September 19, 2019
Manchin Includes Funding For Key West Virginia Priorities In Spending Bills
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September 16, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding For Opioid First Responders
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September 13, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce More Than $9.2 Million To Combat The Opioid Epidemic In West Virginia
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July 11, 2019
Manchin, Braun Introduce The FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act
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July 08, 2019
MANCHIN JOINS FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP AND ACTING DHS SECRETARY IN HUNTINGTON
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June 12, 2019
Manchin Applauds American Medical Association For Supporting Patient Care Coordination In Legacy Act
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June 03, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce $3.3 Million For Job Training, Employment Services Across West Virginia
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May 15, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce $600K For Opioid Response In Rural Communities
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May 14, 2019
Manchin Introduces Two Bills To Fight The Opioid Epidemic
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May 02, 2019
Manchin: Sweetheart Settlement With McKesson Sells Out West Virginia
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March 28, 2019
Manchin Asks Purdue Pharma To Commit To Not Profitting From New Drug That Could Reverse Opioid Overdoses
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March 27, 2019
Manchin Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Help Law Enforcement Better Detect Fentanyl
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March 21, 2019
Manchin, Capito Announce Over $14 Million To Combat The Opioid Epidemic
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March 14, 2019
Manchin Statement On President Trump's FY 2020 Budget Proposal
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March 06, 2019
Manchin, Capito Urge HHS Secretary To Empower Doctors To Stop Preventable Opioid Deaths
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February 22, 2019
Manchin Applauds the Appalachian Regional Commission's Investment in WV Coal Communities
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February 15, 2019
Manchin Applauds Appropriations Deal With Border Wall Funding And West Virginia Priorities
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February 08, 2019
Manchin Reintroduces Legislation in the 116th Congress to Combat Opioid Epidemic
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November 16, 2018
MANCHIN, CAPITO ANNOUNCE FUNDING FOR DRUG TREATMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS
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October 03, 2018
Manchin Applauds Final Passage Of Opioid Package That Will Ensure West Virginians Get Triple The Funding This Year To Fight The Opioid Crisis
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October 01, 2018
Manchin and Capito Announce More Than $5.5 Million in DOJ Funding for West Virginia
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September 24, 2018
Mineral County Becomes 22nd West Virginia County To Receive High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Designation
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September 21, 2018
Manchin and Capito Announce $35 Million to Fight the Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia
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September 20, 2018
Manchin Hosts Roundtable Discussion On "Jessie's Law" In Martinsburg
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September 19, 2018
Manchin Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Opioids in Ranson
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September 18, 2018
Manchin and Capito Announce More Than $1.5 Million to Expand Naloxone Access
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September 17, 2018
MANCHIN AGAIN SECURES TRIPLE THE FUNDING FOR WEST VIRGINIA TO FIGHT THE OPIOID CRISIS
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September 13, 2018
Manchin and Capito Announce More Than $130K For Mental Health And Substance Abuse Treatment
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September 05, 2018
Manchin and Capito Announce $4.1 Million for Emergency Preparedness, Substance Abuse Treatment
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August 29, 2018
Manchin and Capito Announce Funding for Community Drug Prevention Programs
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August 16, 2018
Manchin Applauds DOJ Opioid Quota Reduction Announcement
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July 06, 2018
Manchin, Bipartisan Group of Senators Call on CDC to Better Support Forensic Medicine as Overdose Deaths Continue to Rise
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June 28, 2018
MANCHIN INCLUDES $3.7 BILLION TO FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND $1.6 BILLION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN SPENDING BILLS
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June 21, 2018
SPENDING BILLS WITH MANCHIN FUNDING ON OPIOIDS, BROADBAND AND BORDER WALL PASS THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
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June 15, 2018
Manchin Provision Ensures West Virginia Gets Fair Share of Opioids Funding
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June 14, 2018
Spending Bill with Manchin Provisions to Fully Fund Green Bank Observatory, End to BOP Overreliance on Augmentation and Passage of Skylar's Law Pass Appropriations Committee
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June 13, 2018
Manchin, Sullivan Introduce Bill Requiring GAO to Study Substance Use Disorder Treatment
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June 12, 2018
Manchin Secures Passage of Skylar's Law, Full Funding for the Green Bank Observatory and End to BOP Overreliance on Augmentation
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June 05, 2018
Manchin Questions Devos about Administration Plans to Eliminate Substance Abuse Treatment and Counseling in Schools
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May 23, 2018
Manchin and Capito Introduce Bill to Support Treatment for Babies Exposed to Opioids
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May 23, 2018
Manchin and Scott Address Opioid Roundtable Hosted by Shatterproof
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May 17, 2018
Manchin and Capito Announce $2.9 Million for New Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Ohio County
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May 11, 2018
Manchin Congratulates Drug Court Graduates in Kanawha County
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May 07, 2018
Manchin Applauds First Lady's "Be Best" Initiative, Especially Its Focus on How the Opioid Epidemic Impacts Children
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May 07, 2018
Manchin Statement on Walmart's New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
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May 03, 2018
Manchin Unveils New Analysis Showing Economic Impact of Opioid Crisis in West Virginia
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April 26, 2018
Manchin, Capito, Kaine Introduce Legislation to Care for Children Impacted by Opioid Abuse
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April 24, 2018
Manchin Applauds Committteee Passage of Comprehensive Opioid Bill That Includes His Provisions
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April 24, 2018
Manchin Applauds Extension of Opioid Public Health Emergency Declaration
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April 24, 2018
Manchin Urges West Virginians to Participate in Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday
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April 18, 2018
Manchin Applauds DOJ Opioid Quota Announcement
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April 17, 2018
Manchin Statement on DOJ Drug Raid in Huntington
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April 11, 2018
Manchin Encourages Health and Human Services Secretary to Begin Creating Standards Set by Jessie's Law
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April 06, 2018
Multiple Manchin Provisions included in Bipartisan Opioid Package
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March 23, 2018
Manchin Applauds Bill Passage that Supports Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Due to Opioid Epidemic
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March 19, 2018
Manchin Applauds President Trump's Plan to End the Opioid Epidemic
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March 14, 2018
Manchin Releases Report Detailing His Plan to End the Opioid Epidemic
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January 29, 2018
Manchin Honored Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader Will Be His Guest at the State of the Union
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January 25, 2018
Manchin Encourages Action to Improve Drug Pricing Transparency in Medicare Part D
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January 12, 2018
Group of Senators Urge President Trump to Renew the Opioid Health Emergency Declaration
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December 21, 2017
42,240 Americans Die From Opioids Last Year, Manchin Asks When Government Will Take It Seriously
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December 19, 2017
MANCHIN SENDS RECOMMENDATIONS ON COMBATING OPIOID EPIDEMIC TO WEST VIRGINIA DHHR FOR USE IN RESPONSE PLAN
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December 15, 2017
Manchin, Capito Urge Congressional Leadership to Commit Resources to Opioid Epidemic
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December 15, 2017
MANCHIN APPLAUDS NEW ‘BRIDGE OF HOPE’ SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE IN RECOVERY
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December 13, 2017
MANCHIN CALLS ON FDA AND DEA TO CONSIDER RESCHEDULING NERVE-PAIN MEDICATION THAT HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO OVERDOSE DEATHS IN WEST VIRGINIA
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December 06, 2017
MANCHIN CALLS ON FDA TO ADOPT CHANGES TO PROPERLY FIGHT OPIOID EPIDEMIC
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December 05, 2017
ICYMI: MANCHIN QUESTIONS HEALTH OFFICIALS ON THE STATUS OF THE AMERICAN OPIOID CRISIS
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November 14, 2017
Manchin and Capito Introduce Bill to Prioritize Funding for States Hard Hit by Opioid Epidemic
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October 28, 2017
MANCHIN APPLAUDS NEW DEA ENFORCEMENT TEAM IN CHARLESTON TO COMBAT THE FLOW OF OPIOIDS
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October 26, 2017
MANCHIN PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S OPIOID PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DECLARATION
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October 20, 2017
MANCHIN REQUESTS UPDATE ON DRUG ENFORCEMENT LAW
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October 18, 2017
MANCHIN AND CAPITO URGE OPIOID COMMISSION INCLUDE LEGACY ACT IN FINAL REPORT
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October 17, 2017
MANCHIN APPLAUDS PULLING MARINO NOMINATION, THANKS PRESIDENT FOR RECOGNIZING NEED FOR LEADERSHIP AT NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY OFFICE
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October 16, 2017
MANCHIN ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE REPEAL FOR 2016 LAW PREVENTING AGGRESSIVE DEA ENFORCEMENT OF OPIOID DISTRIBUTORS AND MANUFACTURERS
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October 16, 2017
MANCHIN CALLS FOR WHITE HOUSE TO WITHDRAW REP. MARINO NOMINATION TO LEAD NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY OFFICE
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October 11, 2017
MANCHIN OPENS RECOVERY POINT PARKERSBURG
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October 10, 2017
MANCHIN APPLAUDS CMS FOR EXPANDING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT IN WEST VIRGINIA
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October 10, 2017
MANCHIN STATEMENT ON FIRST LADY’S VISIT TO WEST VIRGINIA
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March 08, 2017
Manchin and Capito Re-Introduce "Jessie's Law" to Save and Protect Recovering Addicts
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March 06, 2017
Manchin Introduces Vet Connect Act to Reduce Opioid Abuse Among Veterans
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March 03, 2017
Manchin Introduces Legislation to Give Recovering Addicts a Clean Start
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March 03, 2017
Manchin Re-Introduces LifeBOAT Act
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January 12, 2017
Manchin Introduces Amendments to Protect Substance Abuse Treatment, Black Lung Coverage
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January 12, 2017
Manchin, West Virginia Treatment Facilities Call On State To Use Settlement Money for Substance Abuse Treatment
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January 11, 2017
Manchin, West Virginia Organizations Announce Research Showing Repeal of ACA Would Cripple Opioid Epidemic Fight
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December 13, 2016
Manchin Applauds Signing of 21st Century CURES Act Into Law