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Roy Blunt: “Much of the opioid crisis we are experiencing today can be linked to opioid prescriptions to treat chronic pain.”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
Much of the opioid crisis we are experiencing today can be linked to opioid prescriptions to treat chronic pain.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Roy Blunt highlights the link between opioid prescriptions and the opioid crisis.

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