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Lisa Murkowski: “During the COVID pandemic, opioid overdose mortality rate among Alaska Native people doubled.”

On the recordNovember 8, 2023
During the COVID pandemic, opioid overdose mortality rate among Alaska Native people doubled.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

She notes a significant increase in opioid-related deaths during the pandemic.

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