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Ed Markey: Fentanyl is the epidemic. Fentanyl is the epidemic. It is not heroin. It is fentanyl.

On the recordJanuary 31, 2016
Fentanyl is the epidemic. Fentanyl is the epidemic. It is not heroin. It is fentanyl.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the severity of the fentanyl crisis compared to heroin.

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