02/22/2016
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"I hope that you are the right person to right the ship."
"The pattern that we have seen so far in opioid abuse, first OxyContin, which exploded in my district, I think probably ground zero for the country, 10, 12 years ago, finally we were able to bring it u..."
"We have had some real changes in that war, if you will, in the last few days, when the FDA, after 10 years of pushing by DEA and Attorney General and me and others, finally upscheduled Vicodin and Lor..."
"I fear that this Zohydro in straight pill form--you can crush it and shoot it up, chew it, whatever--will be abused just like OxyContin was, and we are going to see more young people die."