WASHINGTON - Responding to a public health crisis that shows no signs of letting up, Congress is preparing to move forward on a package of bills aimed at curbing the nation's growing addiction to painkillers.
A House subcommittee will begin this week considering more than two dozen proposals that would make it easier for those addicted to get treatment, speed up research on opioid abuse and detect and intercept the shipments of opioids such as fentanyl into the United States.
The panel hopes to have the package ready for a vote in the full House before Memorial Day.
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