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On the recordJune 13, 2023
We want to blame the opioid epidemic on people that are seeking their legal right to asylum and not actually on the failures of our treatment system in the United States.
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Rob Garcia
Democratic · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Garcia criticizes the narrative linking asylum seekers to the opioid crisis, urging focus on treatment system failures.

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