Elijah Cummings actually said...

Our nation treated this issue like a war rather than a public health emergency. We incarcerated generations rather than giving them the treatment they needed.

Context

Cummings critiques the historical approach to drug addiction, advocating for treatment over incarceration.

03/21/2016

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