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On the recordDecember 7, 2015
We know that addiction is a disease. We know that we're not going to be arresting our way out of it.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Senator Warren emphasizes the need for treatment over arrest in addressing addiction.

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