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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “In fact, the final two years of the Trump administration, the overdose mortality rate among U.S. adolescents went up 94…”

On the recordJune 26, 2022
In fact, the final two years of the Trump administration, the overdose mortality rate among U.S. adolescents went up 94 percent.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz highlights the increase in overdose rates among adolescents during Trump's presidency.

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