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Katherine Clark: Seventy thousand people died in 2017 alone from opioid overdoses.

On the recordMarch 12, 2019
Seventy thousand people died in 2017 alone from opioid overdoses.
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Katherine Clark
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Clark cites statistics on opioid overdose deaths to emphasize the crisis severity.

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