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Jim Risch: “In 2021, more than 100,000 Americans--more than 100,000 Americans--died from drug overdoses, nearly 70 percent of which…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2023
In 2021, more than 100,000 Americans--more than 100,000 Americans--died from drug overdoses, nearly 70 percent of which were from fentanyl poisoning.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch highlights the alarming overdose death statistics related to fentanyl.

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