On the recordApril 28, 2014
We are here to discuss the epidemic of opioid abuse. The numbers are stark. Each year, approximately 17,000 people die from prescription opioid overdoses, and 3,000 die from heroin overdoses.
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congress.govHenry Waxman: “We are here to discuss the epidemic of opioid abuse. The numbers are stark. Each year, approximately 17,000 people die…”
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Waxman emphasizes the severity of the opioid abuse epidemic and its death toll.
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