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Joseph P. Kennedy III: I can't help but think a huge uptick in the prescribing of benzodiazepines, coupled with huge increases in alcohol…

On the recordJune 29, 2020
I can't help but think a huge uptick in the prescribing of benzodiazepines, coupled with huge increases in alcohol consumption, and then, of course, coupled with the new commercialization of marijuana, that we don't have a kind of major tsunami of addiction that we are creating right now that is not going to be fully realized for another few years.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kennedy warns of a potential addiction crisis due to rising substance use during the pandemic.

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