Officials Desperate For Solutions Amid Opioid Crisis Embrace New Device. But Addiction Experts Are Skeptical.

A device called the Bridge is supposed to ease symptoms of withdrawal, but specialists are doubtful that the electronic nerve stimulator works. In other news on the drug crisis: Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he would have tough questions for drugmakers if he was still in Congress; Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) speaks about her family's experience dealing with addiction; a look at babies who are born exposed to hepatitis C; and more.

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