Heading to a region grappling with the scourge of drug abuse, President Barack Obama planned to announce new steps to improve doctor training and ease access to drug treatment as part of an effort to help communities battling "epidemic" heroin and prescription painkiller abuse, White House officials said Wednesday. Obama planned to detail the moves, along with a new public awareness campaign, on a day trip to Charleston, West Virginia. He was due to meet with law enforcement officials, drug counselors and advocates at a community center to show "a sense of urgency that we at the federal level can...
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