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Lisa Murkowski: “Native people have the highest overdose death rates from synthetic opioids when you compare them to other racial and…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2023
Native people have the highest overdose death rates from synthetic opioids when you compare them to other racial and ethnic groups.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski highlights the alarming overdose rates among Native populations due to synthetic opioids.

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