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Ayanna Pressley: “Structural racism and systemic biases have shaped our responses to addiction, which has resulted in the criminalizing…”

On the recordMay 8, 2019
Structural racism and systemic biases have shaped our responses to addiction, which has resulted in the criminalizing and the devastating of whole communities for decades.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the impact of systemic racism on addiction responses and community devastation.

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