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On the recordMarch 8, 2016
The epidemic is very much tied to the poor housing, poor health care, the job situation and sense of hopelessness that the people get when they live in those conditions.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken links the opioid epidemic to broader social issues affecting Native communities.

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