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Roy Blunt: 64,000 people lost their lives to opioid addiction last year, but think of the tens of thousands of more people who were…

On the recordDecember 4, 2017
64,000 people lost their lives to opioid addiction last year, but think of the tens of thousands of more people who were affected by that.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Highlighting the widespread impact of opioid addiction on families and communities.

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