Although Democrats criticized the measure as inadequate, a bill aimed at combatting America's increasing addiction to opioids received near unanimous support in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
The legislation now must be approved by the House of Representatives, after which it will be sent to President Obama to sign.
Advocates for treatment applauded the bill's passage, despite the absence of $600 million in emergency funds that Democrats as well as some of the Republicans leading the push for the bill had hoped would be attached to the legislation.
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