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A new push aims to bring mental health and addiction into the 2020 campaign conversation

The nation’s most prominent mental health and addiction organizations are launching a new initiative to get leading presidential and congressional candidates on the record about their policy proposals on the…
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Bernie Sanders and Seth Moulton both have plans to expand mental health services for veterans. Joe Biden wants to double the number of school mental health staff “so our kids get the mental health care they need.” Elizabeth Warren hopes to address the opioid crisis by expanding prevention efforts, treatment, and recovery services. And Amy Klobuchar just scored an endorsement from an Iowa state representative impressed with her plan to expand behavioral health facilities and boost federal funding for mental health research.

But some of the

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