You have created a nationwide epidemic. 450,000 people have died. Let me be clear, struggling -- people struggling with addiction are not criminals. Your family and Purdue Pharma, you are the criminals. You are the ones who disregard your duties to society, and you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Ayanna Pressley: “You have created a nationwide epidemic. 450,000 people have died. Let me be clear, struggling -- people struggling with…”
On the recordDecember 17, 2020
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Pressley condemns Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the opioid crisis.
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