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Joseph P. Kennedy III: We are still reeling from the opioid crisis, which we never quite got our arms around. And I am just thinking that we…

On the recordJune 29, 2020
We are still reeling from the opioid crisis, which we never quite got our arms around. And I am just thinking that we are adding fuel to the fire here and that we should be very mindful of the fact that this is going to get, as we are discussing today, a much bigger public health crisis going down the road.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kennedy highlights ongoing issues from the opioid crisis and warns of future public health challenges.

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