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Ayanna Pressley: “I'm grateful that we are at a point in the pendulum switch shift here that we are looking at this as a public health…”

On the recordJune 18, 2019
I'm grateful that we are at a point in the pendulum switch shift here that we are looking at this as a public health crisis and epidemic, which we did not do with crack cocaine.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley emphasizes the importance of recognizing addiction as a public health crisis.

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