The Senate's response to the opioid epidemic -- a sweeping package that contains 70 bills from Republican and Democratic lawmakers eager to be part of the solution to the nation's greatest public health crisis -- is expected to easily pass this week.
Reaction to the bill -- and a similar measure passed by the House in June -- has been mixed. The Chicago Tribune editorial board summed it up best Tuesday, writing: "The package is heartening and frustrating: heartening because it offers some positive steps, and frustrating because it doesn't do more."
