Federal and state policy makers struggle to come up with solutions to the ongoing opioid crisis. As with many areas of public policy, political leaders are turning to the tax laws as a possible way to curtail opioid abuse. In the past two years, there have been many proposals to impose special or excise taxes on the sale of opioids. To date none have passed. But we believe that without the implementation of other policies to address the issue, a number of states will impose taxes in the coming year.
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