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Hal Rogers: But now they are switching to using heroin, an opioid, obviously. And the rise in heroin abuse now is what the Attorney…

On the recordMarch 10, 2014
But now they are switching to using heroin, an opioid, obviously. And the rise in heroin abuse now is what the Attorney General yesterday called, quote, 'an urgent public health crisis,' end of quote.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky

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Rogers highlights the shift from prescription drugs to heroin as a public health crisis.

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