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On the recordApril 12, 2016
It is the violence, which we are complicit in by virtue of our addiction to these drugs that are trafficked through the Northern Triangle nations.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Linking U.S. drug addiction to violence in Central America.

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