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Roy Blunt: I made the point that actually more people die of drug overdoses now in rural America than urban America.

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
I made the point that actually more people die of drug overdoses now in rural America than urban America.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Blunt highlights the opioid crisis in rural America compared to urban areas.

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