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A bill from Sens. Jon Ossoff and Chuck Grassley aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic in rural areas passed the Senate Thursday night via unanimous consent, as overdose deaths hit a record high in the United States. <\/p>\n

The bill would create a pilot program specifically dedicated to fighting opioid in rural communities, which are particularly hard hit by the crisis. <\/p>\n

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\n Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks to the crowd during an outdoor drive-in rally on Dec. 5, 2020, in Conyers, Georgia. The Senate passed an Ossoff-backed bill to fight the opioid crisis in rural areas Wednesday.
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“With today\u2019s passage of my bipartisan bill to reduce opioid addiction, overdoses, and deaths, the Senate proved Democrats and Republicans can still work together to get things done,” Ossoff, D-Ga., said after the bill passed. <\/p>\n

“Thanks @ChuckGrassley for the teamwork,” he said in a tweet. <\/p>\n

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\n Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during testimony from Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington. The Senate passed a Grassley-supported bill to fight the opioid crisis in rural areas Wednesday. (Photo by SUSAN WALSH\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\n <\/p>\n

According to the CDC, the U.S. saw more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths between April 2020 and April 2021, 75,673 of which were from opioids. That is a 35% increase in opioid overdose deaths from the previous 12-month period. <\/p>\n

Reps. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., and Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, support the companion bill in the House. It is unclear when that lower chamber will take up the bill. <\/p>\n

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