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Lisa Murkowski: “Our prescription opioid pain reliever overdose death was more than double the national average.”

On the recordMarch 13, 2018
Our prescription opioid pain reliever overdose death was more than double the national average.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski points out that Alaska's opioid overdose deaths are significantly higher than the national average.

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