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Roy Blunt: More people die of drug overdoses now in rural America than urban America.

On the recordMarch 8, 2016
More people die of drug overdoses now in rural America than urban America.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Blunt highlights the severity of the drug overdose epidemic in rural areas.

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