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Marco Rubio: “There is still an extraordinary stigma associated with it as if you are a bad person who is doing a really bad thing and…”

On the recordMay 25, 2016
There is still an extraordinary stigma associated with it as if you are a bad person who is doing a really bad thing and needs to be punished for it.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio highlights the stigma surrounding drug addiction and its impact on treatment.

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