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Ed Markey: “Clearly we have the evidence in 2015 in Massachusetts, and it is going to be worse this year in 2016.”

On the recordMay 25, 2016
Clearly we have the evidence in 2015 in Massachusetts, and it is going to be worse this year in 2016.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the worsening fentanyl crisis and its deadly impact on Americans.

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