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Tom Carper: “Five people die every hour from this opioid epidemic, which means 12 or 13, people have died since we just started this…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2018
Five people die every hour from this opioid epidemic, which means 12 or 13, people have died since we just started this hearing.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper highlights the urgency of the opioid crisis during the hearing.

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