Sarah, Dara and Matt discuss a Republican farm bill that would impose work requirements on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) beneficiaries. Then they turn to a white paper on OxyContin and the heroin epidemic.
References and further reading:
Good Politico article summarizing the farm bill
White paper on OxyContin's impact on the heroin epidemic
German Lopez's piece on the OxyContin white paper
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