On the recordJune 18, 2019
My father, like millions of Americans, as someone who battled heroin addiction, opioid addiction, and was in and out of the criminal justice system, committing crimes to support that addiction.
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congress.govAyanna Pressley: “My father, like millions of Americans, as someone who battled heroin addiction, opioid addiction, and was in and out of…”
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Pressley shares her father's struggles with addiction and the criminal justice system.
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