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G. K. Butterfield: “My home State of North Carolina has seen a 300-percent death increase due to opiate poisoning since 1999.”

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
My home State of North Carolina has seen a 300-percent death increase due to opiate poisoning since 1999.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Butterfield notes the alarming rise in opiate-related deaths in North Carolina.

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