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Chuck Grassley: “Overdose deaths in Iowa from non-medical use of hydrocodone and oxycontin pills have increased 1,233 percent since the…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2012
Overdose deaths in Iowa from non-medical use of hydrocodone and oxycontin pills have increased 1,233 percent since the year 2000.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley discusses the alarming rise in overdose deaths in Iowa.

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