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Overdose deaths are so high that the Biden team is embracing ideas once seen as taboo

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said the overdose epidemic has grown so severe that new measures are needed to keep people with addiction alive. He is seen here on Capitol Hill in September. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Overdose deaths are so high that the Biden team is embracing ideas once seen as taboo

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told NPR the U.S. has to do more to help people using illegal drugs survive. "If we want to keep people alive we've got to try everything the evidence says might work."

Overdose deaths are so high that the Biden team is embracing ideas once seen as taboo

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